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Originally Posted by Byte1
Loud pipes and loud horns, and don't be afraid to upset folks. Better to be a victim of angry seniors than to be a dead or injured victim of unaware seniors. I rode in other countries where traffic was much worse and one had to be defensive ALL the time. Once you get away from mass populated areas, you can have a peaceful and enjoyable ride. BUT/BUT riding in the Villages is dangerous for EVERYONE. You can't even be remiss in your defensive travel while walking, biking, golf carting, etc. Seniors are not inherently evil, just seem to live with tunnel vision and deafness.
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Good advice.
I had a 117 dB monstrosity of a horn on my bike. I don't know if it was legal in MN...just on the line, I think. Maybe not down here either. But man did it work. I didn't use it much (got lots of attention from people it wasn't intended for), but when it did, it got results. Sounded just like a locomotive horn. I used it once on some ditz woman coasting through a stop sign with her head buried in her phone. One short blast and I thought she had whiplash her head jerked up so hard! But she got the message.
Never used it down here but I don't think it would have quite the same results, given that hearing is one of the first things to start going away when you hit geezerhood.