A new device, sounding a little like a synthesised duck, was developed to get attention in a less stressful way than the traditional angry honk. Photo / AP A quacking car horn designed to alert people ...

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 ...

When it comes to car-on bike-accidents, the difference between minor or major injury (or avoiding a collision at all) can come down to fractions of a second. That’s the speed of instinct. The problem, ...

A quacking car horn designed to alert people to danger while reducing the cacophony of noise on city streets has been developed by sound experts. The device, which sounds a little like a synthesised ...

Tesla's new Boombox mode came in late December as part of a holiday firmware update. The feature lets drivers change the sound their car makes when driving, swap out the horn, or broadcast music from ...

Eons before alert systems and even highways, motorists used a myriad of signaling choices including bells, whistles, chimes, buzzers and hand-squeezed horns, all competing with the sound of horse’s ...