In some cases, the sounds our vehicles make are welcome, such as the roar of a big V8 or the sound of a turbo spinning away under the hood. Not all car-related noises are as entertaining, however, and ...

Ah, the horn! An invention that helped millions of people! It granted them a way to express their dissatisfaction about certain traffic scenarios by simply pressing a button at the end of a stalk or ...

Your car or truck’s horn probably isn’t something you think about very often. It’s just there, and it works until you hit the button. Until one day it doesn’t. Or maybe you’ve decided that you’re ...

Tesla, the pioneer in updating cars as frequently as a smartphone, has released a firmware update for select models that brings a much-needed update: fart sounds. The new "Boombox" feature enables ...

Beware when walking. This can now fart at you or worse, in my humble opinion, goat scream at you. Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) I now know when it is likely that I will have a heart attack. It ...

A new book by Penn State faculty member Matt Jordan chronicles the rise and fall of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the 20th century. Jordan, ...

A car horn is a critical safety device. According to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 101, “all vehicles must have a horn audible from at least 200 feet.” As a PennDoT certified ...

Q: Horns are supposed to be safety equipment, right? When everyone honks their horn locking their cars, is this misuse of safety equipment? I’m thinking of a neighbor that honks their horn multiple ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known to have a sort of dry sense of humor, and the brand's cars are also capable of some silly features. C'mon, what other car can fart? If you want to open your Tesla's trunk, ...

The country's transportation minister says he will introduce a measure to replace all vehicle horns with the sounds of traditional Indian musical instruments. He's also looking into changing sirens.

When she honked her car horn during a protest in 2017, Susan Porter said the familiar sound was a form of speech that should be protected by the First Amendment. Without comment, the Supreme Court on ...