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October 7, 2008
No Honking Signs / Fines?
Do "No Honking" signs exist in Brooklyn (as they do in Manhattan) on residential streets? Is it possible to lobby the city for these succesfully? Any experiences?
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Like you really think that people will obey a sign like that or that the police will bother to enforce?
Posted by: SenatorStreet at October 7, 2008 1:52 PM
Yes, slightly less effective than "No Littering" signs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 7, 2008 1:56 PM
Don't forget the no parking signs or clean up your dog shit signs. Those work so well.
Posted by: Bklyn Fire Alarm Guy at October 7, 2008 3:28 PM
I would just love to see someone get a ticket for running a red light or driving 50 mph down a side street... after that's under control, we can worry about honking.
The littering is painful to watch. Buy new item in bodega, throw rapper on ground. Young, old, elderly... doesn't matter. Ridiculous. When I drop something by accident on the sidewalk and it blows away, I'm filled with anxiety. What clicked in my head that missed everyone else?
Posted by: tybur6 at October 7, 2008 4:04 PM
There's some on Smith and Pacific. Ignored.
Posted by: denton at October 7, 2008 5:26 PM
Ahhhh, message boards, the place where everyone gets a chance to release their inner smartass. Very constructive.
Anyway, back to the original question, anywhere else that these exist in Brooklyn?
Posted by: squaredrive at October 7, 2008 5:49 PM
"Buy new item in bodega, throw rapper on ground. Young, old, elderly... doesn't matter. "
Tybur6, just cuz ya don't like hip-hop, doesn't mean you have to resort to violence!
Posted by: denton at October 7, 2008 6:39 PM
For future searches, from NYtimes 04/20/2008:
"Horn-honking complaints and sign requests are made through 311, community boards and elected officials, said Michael Saucier, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, the agency that pays for the signs."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/nyregion/thecity/20fyi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
and older,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E5D8123AF933A15756C0A9679C8B63
Posted by: squaredrive at October 7, 2008 6:59 PM
Denton - very clever.
squaredrive - how is placing a useless (and ugly) sign on a pole in any way constructive?
Posted by: Bklyn Fire Alarm Guy at October 7, 2008 7:02 PM
There's one at Carroll and 5th Ave, says $350 fine. I noticed several cops hanging out twice last week waiting for a honker.
Posted by: cmu at October 7, 2008 7:21 PM
lol..... Sometimes u just Have to honk, better than Road Rage! Anyone Agree?
Posted by: alrosariojr at October 7, 2008 7:26 PM
Hey it's fine with me if you think the signs are ridiculous and ineffective. I am not really interested in that argument. I was just simply looking for information on the procedure/ governing body/ precedent in Brooklyn, and thought someone here may have experience. Thanks.
Posted by: squaredrive at October 7, 2008 7:26 PM
And you got one. Seems to me you are going to be as effective at controlling honkers as you are at controlling the responses on this space. Me, I lost it once on a tour bus which was iddling for 20 minutes across the street. Incredibly loud. When I charged over in my pj's and work boots I at least scared the bejesus out of them...
Posted by: Putnamdenizen at October 8, 2008 12:40 PM
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