Monday, October 22, 2007
Honking!!!
Pleaseeeeee, don't Honk. This is reaction which comes to mind while driving on the Bangalore Roads. Its not that i am against the use of horns but i think that this device is not meant to be used the way it is getting used. Horn is one of the very important part of the vehicle designed to make the journey comfortable and safe. Its main purpose is to signal the intention to overtake or warn anyone not concentrated on the road.
On the roads i see too many different uses of this device. I think peoples enjoys honking or it just the mere frustration that comes out and shows on the road. One of my friend even told that he likes it and thats why unknowingly uses it even when there is no need. The uses of it when traffic lights are Red are not justified. I see that on the road clogged with the vehicles when no one is moving, peoples are using the horn. I think that cant he find that there is traffic in front of the person whom he is asking to move and he cant fly to get out of your way. If he can then it better that you fly then there will be no trouble to you. On the rainy day the roads are here usually packed and peoples esp. on two wheeler has to just stand in the rain, then also using your horn is not going to ease the traffic.
Just think that your vehicle develops some snag on the road then you are in big trouble as everyone behind will start honking and according to them it will solve the problem. No one wants to be stranded on the road and block your way. Yes, indicating that there is need to hurry is very important, but in the end people makes the person frighten and the vehicle which would have started by now is still blocking the way.
There are different reasons for this and we are actually unaware that we are doing this. Sometime even i don't make out the reason for using the horn. Later when i realize i just smile at myself. I think that we all need to introspect ourselves and see that do we making a judicious use of this very important thinking. I am not talking just for the environmental effect, it will have the great for all of us. when we reach our destination we will feel much more relaxed.
So for our own sake lets make the appropriate use of this. Happy honking :)
On the roads i see too many different uses of this device. I think peoples enjoys honking or it just the mere frustration that comes out and shows on the road. One of my friend even told that he likes it and thats why unknowingly uses it even when there is no need. The uses of it when traffic lights are Red are not justified. I see that on the road clogged with the vehicles when no one is moving, peoples are using the horn. I think that cant he find that there is traffic in front of the person whom he is asking to move and he cant fly to get out of your way. If he can then it better that you fly then there will be no trouble to you. On the rainy day the roads are here usually packed and peoples esp. on two wheeler has to just stand in the rain, then also using your horn is not going to ease the traffic.
Just think that your vehicle develops some snag on the road then you are in big trouble as everyone behind will start honking and according to them it will solve the problem. No one wants to be stranded on the road and block your way. Yes, indicating that there is need to hurry is very important, but in the end people makes the person frighten and the vehicle which would have started by now is still blocking the way.
There are different reasons for this and we are actually unaware that we are doing this. Sometime even i don't make out the reason for using the horn. Later when i realize i just smile at myself. I think that we all need to introspect ourselves and see that do we making a judicious use of this very important thinking. I am not talking just for the environmental effect, it will have the great for all of us. when we reach our destination we will feel much more relaxed.
So for our own sake lets make the appropriate use of this. Happy honking :)
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# posted by Ravi Shekhar : 11:46 PM
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