What It Is: So you're sitting in traffic and the car behind you is feeling a little antsy. The driver leans on the horn and you hear not a harsh toot but a lion's growl. Fans of cellphone ringtones ...

When it comes to car-on bike-accidents, the difference between minor or major injury (or avoiding a collision at all) can come down to fractions of a second. That’s the speed of instinct. The problem, ...

A new device, sounding a little like a synthesised duck, was developed to get attention in a less stressful way than the traditional angry honk. Photo / AP A quacking car horn designed to alert people ...

Picture this scenario: there is an obstruction on the road while you are driving, and then you press the horn to signal other motorists and pedestrians to realize that it sounds faint and weak. It can ...

Elon Musk says Tesla's cars will soon have customized horn and movement sounds. You'll be able to pick from goats, coconuts, and farts, the CEO suggested in a tweet. This should go well. Tesla CEO ...

Eons before alert systems and even highways, motorists used a myriad of signaling choices including bells, whistles, chimes, buzzers and hand-squeezed horns, all competing with the sound of horse’s ...

A Toyota driver says her car’s horn “sounds like a toy,” so she decided to get a new one, but viewers aren’t convinced it is any better. Toyota cars have a reputation for being long-lasting and ...