Cars have gotten a lot more advanced in the last few decades, but at least one part — the humble car horn — has remained virtually untouched. Until now. As carmakers sell more vehicles globally, ...

Putting your car horn on your gear shifter.... What could go wrong?

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 ...

DEARBORN (WWJ) Americans have found that if they want to do business in emerging markets, not only do their cars have to be attractive, so do the sounds of the horns. "While here in the United States, ...

A regular car horn is fine, but lacks finesse for more subtle communication. For example, some car horns aren’t particularly adept at short indicatory honks, and can only blare loudly regardless of ...

It’s not just ex-NASA engineers who are trying to develop easier-on-the-ear car horns. Researchers in South Korea, too, have been working on creating the ideal honking sound that isn’t as grating as ...

Horn etiquette is pretty bad these days. Most people just lay on the horn and scare the crap out of everyone else on the road—this is not cool, so YouTuber Mark Rober devised a contraption that ...

Road trips are fun. You're just singing in the car with your friends, Carpool Karaoke-style, and then you hear that awful noise: a blaring horn. Former NASA engineer and current YouTuber Mark Rober ...

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 ...

We’ve all been there: you’re in a traffic jam with hundreds of other irritated drivers and all you can hear is the sound of frustrated car horns. But did you know that there are actually several ...