Why the constant honking?
Sep 16, 2011 | 1:31 pm
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I had a taxi driver in Kathmandu (where the honking is constant as well) and asked him about it. He was so surprised when told him we don't do that in America, that in fact it could result in a ticket.
"How does everybody near you know you're there??" he wondered.
"How does everybody near you know you're there??" he wondered.
Sep 23, 2011 | 2:24 am
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I don't think there's a correlation between "horn cacophony" and low collision rates. (The opposite is true, I think).
Sep 23, 2011 | 2:38 pm
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that's also highway ettiquette in India (i use that term very very loosely) - if you are behind a truck on a single carriageway as many of our highways are, you honk to let him know you want to overtake, most will signal when its safe and let you pass..... a few pshychos will see this as an opportunity to pretend they are in the nascar truck event
Sep 23, 2011 | 2:54 pm
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that's also highway ettiquette in India (i use that term very very loosely) - if you are behind a truck on a single carriageway as many of our highways are, you honk to let him know you want to overtake, most will signal when its safe and let you pass..... a few pshychos will see this as an opportunity to pretend they are in the nascar truck event
Sep 23, 2011 | 10:47 pm
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that's also highway ettiquette in india (i use that term very very loosely) - if you are behind a truck on a single carriageway as many of our highways are, you honk to let him know you want to overtake, most will signal when its safe and let you pass..... A few pshychos will see this as an opportunity to pretend they are in the nascar truck event
