Toot button. Anyone used it as intended?

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Gaston the Grenadier said:

Anyone used their toot button at a cyclist yet?

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Yes today, following cyclist on the Tour of Britain. No INEOS team though.

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I used the toot button some times now. It’s ideal to wake sleeping drivers in front of you when the traffic lights turn green.
In fact I do not know whether I really used the normal horn at all. (Despite the one time when I showed someone the difference to the toot horn)

 

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Yes I used it in 3 month more often than in 10 years the normal one on other cars. Mostly to send a fast greeting to others

 

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Last weekend, a cyclist waved cheerfully at me. I didn't know him and assumed he recognised the car as a grenadier.

So I happily pressed the Toot button.

But somehow the situation was surreal.

 

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you gotta know I'm hooking that toot button up to a train horn. I use a regular horn maybe once every year or two and I'll never use a train horn but that button is crying out for one.

 

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A sample of todays Tour of Britain. I couldn't believe the amount of Motorbikes involved in this event. Included the INEOS support vehicle - ours.....

 

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Ihave only used it accidentally when trying to use the volume buttons

 

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What is the horn etiquette anyway when approaching cyclists? I have never seen anyone use a horn. My assumption would be that even with the toot version they would just assume you were another arsehole in an SUV being a pr$ck! to cyclists.

 

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And when they caught up , they'd let your tyres down in the car park whilst you were sipping a chai latte!

 

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bemax said:

I used the toot button some times now. It’s ideal to wake sleeping drivers in front of you when the traffic lights turn green.
In fact I do not know whether I really used the normal horn at all. (Despite the one time when I showed someone the difference to the toot horn)

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They are not asleep they are checking their phones.

 

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