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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]But I've seen more than one car that was about to blast past activated warning signals stop because my hogger laid on the horn nice and heavy. So yeah, it does help at times.[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">How do you know he was about to pass active warning signals?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if he was, how do you know it was the horn, as opposed to the signal, that made him stop?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I contend that sounding the horn has no effect on drivers who want to beat the train, but it does prevent crashes by waking up drivers who have fallen asleep, or are otherwise distracted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the incident you cite, perhaps the driver was distracted and the horn got his attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are you assuming instead that the driver intended to run the signal, but the horn changed his mind?</span></span></span></p>
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