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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by suvo on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:19AM (#29379528)
My theory has been a little different. IIRC Horn and Please are written on the two sides asking the tailing vehicle to blow the Horn. And the OK comes from the OK word written on the bumper (in the middle) by the manufacturer. This was a requirement as far as back in the 80s (may be even earlier) to stamp the OK (on the lines of OK TESTED) I guess. People got habituated into reading Horn OK Please and the integrated with the culture.
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by jnmandal on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:56AM (#29379896)
This is mentioned in the article but it's strange to me because I've been in heavy truck factories in India and 80% of the vehicles are produced without a truck bed or cabin. They are simply sold frame-only. Apparently the trucking companies prefer to build their own wooden beds/bays and cabins, which is cheaper anyways. I have to assume this is also true in the past but maybe not?
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by whitesilhouette on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:47AM (#29380454)
The OK part is stamped on the back endmost part of the chassis itself.
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by Pxtl on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:23AM (#29379569)
That seems much more reasonable that the strange "on kerosene" theorised in the article.
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