Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

That new bassist is pretty good. That long haired fella. I’m souprised they still do fire though

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Their music has sucked since '91.. The Black album was the gateway to them full on being gay and boring, mixed bag of an album. Everything after is garbage. Black had a few decent songs.
 
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As far as I can tell, if the OP (or his property) do not fall under the HOA, then the HOA has no say in the matter. I do live in a deed restricted area with an HOA, but I can still take actions against neighbors, personally. The HOA doesn't need to be involved unless they, as the HOA, choose to be.

That said, individuals can still take actions against one another on a personal basis. The people coming to complain about the horns could avail themselves of various city/county ordinances about "excessive noise," etc. There might also be ordinances about using sounds that might imitate a train and cause confusion among drivers, etc. But again, these would be individuals taking actions against other individuals.

As for the horns themselves, there are a ton of train enthusiasts out there that own train horns. Some of them are, in fact attached to their vehicles and are used in place of the standard vehicle horn (or they can switch back & forth). I'm amazed the OP didn't have a "Nathan K5LA" horn.



That's the standard horn used on most commuter trains (METRA in Ill., Amtrak, etc.). If I could afford one, I'd get one as well, but I would never use it near my house, I'd go way out to the sticks to use it. I am aware of a local fire company that put a K5LA on one of their engines as a replacement for their standard air horn. Not sure if that's good or not as, again, it could confuse drivers who are stressed enough dealing with an emergency vehicle bearing down on them. I know about that stress. I drove a Type 3 ambulance for many years.

But no, I would not use it in a populated area. I know some of these horn owners that have them in their cars often like to prank people out on walks, etc. Not good. If they did it to a LEO on patrol, I think they'd be in a bit of trouble. Just as bad as discharging firearms in a populated area (in my county you must be at least one mile away from the nearest neighbor before you can have an outdoor range, etc.).
 
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Yes wounded truck syndrome comes around every hunting season, but usually not .50 caliber bullets like that video. The worst one of those was a diesel Ford where the guy panicked trying to get out of his truck when he saw an elk and put a round through the floor, bellhousing, torque converter and into the block of the engine. He tried to tell me he left the rifle in the truck overnight and when it got cold the sear shrunk enough for the rifle to go off. The most common thing is people shooting their hood when they lean over it, then either shooting a hole through the roof or the floor into the transmission. Almost every single one of them has a story why it isn't their fault. Every once in a great while someone will get shot when two guys are bailing out of the truck and one guy is dragging his rifle across the seat when it goes off shooting his buddy.

I have also had claims where cars get shot up due to gang violence, disgruntled employees, jilted lovers, and just plain vandalization.
My sister's car got shot twice parked in front of my friends apartment. Called the cops and they took her car for three days. Taped all the doors and windows shut with evidence tape that wouldn't come off and ripped the inside apart looking for the bullets.