Car Horns: Be heard

This has happened to most of us, we are driving down the freeway and the car in the lane next to you starts moving over into yours. You react quickly and go to reach for your horn but it doesn’t work. All you can do is brake and hope he sees you in time to not collide with your vehicle. Most of us are guilty of not realizing how great the need for safety tools until we actually need them.

A car horn’s intention is to alert other vehicles and bystanders of a vehicle's existence. Smaller cars have a higher frequency horn than those of large vehicles to allow others to recognize by the sound of their horn whether it is a small vehicle or a large vehicle. Usually a low deeper horn will let you know that chances are a truck or bus is honking, while a lighter tone will give a hint of a smaller compact car. Though some people may complain that car horns contribute to noise pollution, horns were initially placed on vehicles for safety and that continues to be the main goal today.

This is yet another point of the 20 point vehicle safety inspection for Texas and most other states. As part of your safety inspection we make sure that your horn works adequately in order to provide safety for yourself and your passengers. At Official Inspection Station (www.officialinspectionstation.com) we want to keep you and other drivers on the road as safe as possible. Official Inspection Station (www.officialinspectionstation.com) we’re keeping San Antonio safe 9 minutes at a time.