I put a Wolo Badboy horn in my rig, I never liked the OEM horn and some guys here talked about the Badboy. I know here in California it is unlawful to have them mounted out of sight but I don't want to put it on the grill or bumper so behind the grill it went. I installed a relay and tapped the horn circuit for actuation. I left the OEM horn connected. It's sounds better with both horns connected.I also bought a dashcam I read about on here and put it up high on the windshield. last weekend coming back home from a family camping trip with my DGS's Scout Troop a guy coming on the freeway didn't see ma and I couldn't pull over to the left or slow down due to traffic. I hit the horn lightly and he floored it and pulled in front of me. I played back the recording of the incident and you should have seen the passenger's head snap around and look back when they heard the horn. I think this horn is loud enough to get someone's attention.Sure glad I had the horn but hope I can in the future avoid those situations rather than rely on the horn, but I'm glad it's there.

Glad it worked for you. Plus your right best to try to avoid situations rather then rely on the horn. Last time I used my air horn on some guy coming onto the freeway, we were in the RGV winter of 2005/2006. I couldn't get over, hit the air horn, he did slow down, but then came around me honking his horn, flipped me off, pulled in front of me, slammed on his brakes, both driver and passenger flipped me off then took off. Decided after that no air horn. Just do my best to avoid the situations.

I don't think I've used my horn but once in the last 8 years and that was an extension to my rage when an idiot pulled out in front of me causing me to lock them up on the MH. It actually had no positive effect on the situation other than to vent my frustration....the guy was already there, didn't cause him any reason to do anything different, done was done. I have been guilty of honking it for kids giving me the honk signal and some rafters on the river parallel to the highway.

A dash cam can bite you very bad. There is a truck driver in Arizona that is going to find this out. His dash cam is going to be used against him to prove he was watching videos on his smart phone when he hit a police officer.DashCamDo not get me wrong he deserves all that is coming to him but the dash cam is definitely working against him.

Do not get me wrong he deserves all that is coming to him but the dash cam is definitely working against him.As rightfully it should. Always a two-edged sword. I'm glad to see there are some on here that realize blasting an air horn may do more harm than good. Potentially making a bad situation worse isn't a good idea IMHO.

Wait, it is not legal to mount a horn out of sight in CA? I assume you mean a air horn but never heard of that. While that Wolo is air driven I don't think of them when I think of air horns.

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Dakzuki
Explorer
Nov 02, 2013
I put a dash cam in my RV to protect me from the idiots that tend to cut off larger vehicles. All it takes is one of these people to cut me off and then hit their brakes (needed or not) and I'm rear ending them. I want it all recorded as in general in a rear end wreck the driver behind is found at fault unless there is evidence to the contrary. That is why many truck drivers are using dash cams.

I have already recorded a wreck on mine. I only saw something briefly in my peripheral vision a few lanes over but the camera caught it all...somebody changing lanes into somebody else...from the REAR!!
mlts22
Explorer
Nov 02, 2013
Dakzuki wrote:
I put a dash cam in my RV to protect me from the idiots that tend to cut off larger vehicles. All it takes is one of these people to cut me off and then hit their brakes (needed or not) and I'm rear ending them. I want it all recorded as in general in a rear end wreck the driver behind is found at fault unless there is evidence to the contrary. That is why many truck drivers are using dash cams.

I have already recorded a wreck on mine. I only saw something briefly in my peripheral vision a few lanes over but the camera caught it all...somebody changing lanes into somebody else...from the REAR!!

Swoop and squats are a big way people try to cause wrecks in order to get insurance money from truckers. I read about semis being run off the road all the time in Austin. I think all truckers need them, because it almost certainly shows how the other driver caused a wreck, and might be usable for criminal charges (assault with a deadly weapon, attempted vehicular homicide, etc.)

What I've wanted was two horn buttons. A quiet horn to wake up the person on the phone texting at a stoplight, then an obscenely loud one to keep someone out of your lane.

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