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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by ericbarrett on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:29AM (#29380231)
Indeed, I've seen the horn-on-corners thing mentioned a few times in this thread and I think it's dangerous:

- If the road is hilly, there is a significant amount of rock and soil between you and an opposing car and the sound will be quite muted as it has to diffuse around the corner.

- If the other driver has their window up and/or their radio on then they won't hear it at all.

- People who are hard of hearing can and do still drive.

I used to live on top of a 4200'/1300m mountain, and occasionally people would do this and then think it was OK to cut the line. Please just don't, you're only disturbing the countryside and residents/hikers and giving yourself a false sense of security.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by hnlmorg on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:47AM (#29380446)
It also runs on the assumption that the only people on the road are car drivers. But you might get tractors, cyclists, hikers / runners, horse riders etc. Even people just casually out for a walk with their family. And a lot of these types of roads might not have footpaths either.
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