Horn Ring needed for safety's sake

in nmy state if the horn is inop it's a ticket and in michigan we can get
away with alot on cars

 

Hah! Several years ago, I was driving along at the posted speed (55
mph) when a woman in a brand new Chevette - less than 2 months old (the
car - not the woman) pulled out in front of me. I made the mistake of
hitting the horn - at which moment she panic and slammed on the brakes
stopping dead square in front of me. Had I not hit the horn, she would
have kept going and likely left just enough room for me to swerve behind
her to my right. Totaled the Chevette, and she threatened to sue me for
a minor back injury, but that didn't go very far.

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')

 

Oh Bill, and you a Republican yet!

You did not make a mistake. This woman in the brand new Chevette
made 2 mistakes - pulling out without looking then slamming on the
brakes. You are sounding like a damn ultraliberal (note I said
ultraliberal, not liberal) when you try to absolve the guilty party of
blame. It's the same logic that is used when the ultraliberals say that
the poor are blameless for being poor, it's the rich's fault they are poor.

The rich may have some blame but the poor are not blameless because
of this.

Good, one less fugly vehicle in the world.

I hope the insurance company charged the accident against her and
not against you.

Ted

 

Oh crap - do you think I'm a closet liberal? Or just a compassionate
conservative? I started out a full-blown liberal (don't try to read
anything into that wording - Homey never played that).

Nope - it came out fine. Strange - I was driving a '73 Mercury Capri.
*Only* damage to it was bumper, hood, and I think radiator. Very
minimal considering that it totaled the brand new Chevette. It was a
perfect 90° T-bone, so I guess the impact was absorbed evenly across the
front of the Capri.

Bill Putney
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Hmm - 73' and I think that was the last year before the giant 5Mph
bumper mandate. Impressive!

Of course today for the same hit on a new car, the entire front would
undoubtedly be gone. Such progress! ;-)

Ted