[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#7. Honking a horn for about 60 seconds will wake the dead.

[dragnet2]

That too would likely work but the occupants still might not know who was outside honking.

On the other hand their PA systems would allow officers to easily ID themselves and order the occupants of the residence to come out.

[mabarker1]

A few weeks ago I was watching the Alaska State Troopers show.

Middle of the night Dispatch gets a call about a Car Horn blaring, Thinking that there may have been an accident Troopers are sent to check it out.

You can hear the horn from mile(s) away.

Troopers finally locate the car with horn blaring parked in front of a house. They beat on the door/blip the sirens, on the PA System etc. PARKED RIGHT UP ALMOST TOUCHING THE HOUSE WITH THE PATROL UNIT BUMPER!!!

After a few minutes somebody answers the door. There were 2 people inside the house with the blaring car horn parked in front of the house and they SLEPT THROUGH IT!

The owner gets a wrench and disconnects the battery to stop the horn.

I’m guessing the relay froze in the ON position.

Hell I can hear the Trash & Recycle Trucks when they are blocks away from Our house in the AM.

Then again I can’t hear the Wife 10’ away sometimes.

She blames Selective Hearing ;)