Originally Posted by init4fun

Hi Chris ,

Have ya ever driven in a place like Boston ? A horn is usually just an invitation to see someone's middle finger and no one here heeds a horn any more than anyone uses a blinker . In fact , horns & blinkers are seen as signs of weakness and invite being cut off by every car whose driver is looking for a place to cut the line . It's why all our construction sites have to have actual police officers directing the traffic . A civilian "flag man" ? If the guy ain't got a badge and a gun the country's proudly worst aggressive drivers would run right over a flag man and not think twice .

I know you were only half serious whit the horn thing , but when you come right down to it , your right , aircraft ARE the only man made giant machinery I know of without one ! Even the machines in factorys always have warning horns prior to starting up , as of course do boats & trains & pretty much everything else other than aircraft .

Be a good trivia question to stump someone with .