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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by PretzelPirate on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:15AM (#29379468)
Other than trucks blinking left or right, all of these are pretty common in the US.

As someone who grew up in a rural area, honking before going around turns on small roads or crossing single-lane bridges you couldn’t see the other side of was something we did regularly to avoid being hit.

I don’t experience this as much in larger cities though.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by kaybe on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:02AM (#29380628)
In Sicily in narrow crossings where you don't have the right of way but cannot see you can slowly inch forward, and if someone is around the corner they will honk at you to let you know to wait.
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by macintux on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:25AM (#29379591)
> As someone who grew up in a rural area, honking before going around turns on small roads or crossing single-lane bridges you couldn’t see the other side of was something we did regularly to avoid being hit.

I've never found this in rural Indiana, but I wish it were common practice. I've found people often simply assume no one is coming because there are so few cars on the back roads; very nearly experienced a head-on collision approaching one curve a few years ago.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by code_duck on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:24AM (#29380167)
My father said honking is common going around corners on small roads in the mountains in Columbia.
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