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[[File:Horn ok-1.jpg|thumb|Horn Ok Please sign behind a truck]]<br />
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'''Horn OK Please''' or '''Sound Horn''' is a phrase commonly painted on commercial vehicles like trucks, buses and local taxis in [[India]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22772391 | title = 10 things you might not know about India | author = Rajini Vaidyanathan | publisher = BBC News | date = 2013-06-04 | accessdate= 2013-06-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Automobilities | authors = Mike Featherstone, N. J. Thrift, John Urry | publisher = SAGE | edition = illustrated | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781412910897 }}</ref> to alert drivers of vehicles approaching from behind to sound their [[Car horn|horns]] if they wish to [[Overtaking|overtake.]]<ref name="noHOKMum">{{cite news|title=No more 'Horn Please' in Mumbai |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/new-gadgets-hope-to-hush-mumbai-s-incessant-honking/article1-1200524.aspx |date=26 March 2014 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=Mumbai |accessdate=Apr 2, 2015}}</ref><br />
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On April 30, 2015, the [[Government of Maharashtra]] banned the use of "Horn OK Please" on the rear of commercial vehicles, on the grounds that it encouraged motorists to honk unnecessarily and caused [[noise pollution]]. In Maharashtra, such signage is a violation of Section 134 (1) of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Rules.<ref name="Implement 'Horn OK Please' ban properly, say activists">{{cite news|title=Implement 'Horn OK Please' ban properly, say activists|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/good-governance/maharashtra-ngo/Implement-Horn-OK-Please-ban-properly-say-activists/articleshow/47127960.cms?|accessdate=8 August 2015|publisher=Times of India|date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> <br />
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Bal Malkit Singh, former president of the All India Motor Transport Congress, welcomed the ban, stating that the phrase was required in the past when the roads were narrow; but that on modern wide roads and multi-[[lane]] highways, drivers could use lights and indicators to overtake other vehicles.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/maharashtra-government-says-tata-bye-bye-to-horn-ok-please-on-trucks/articleshow/47118567.cms |title=Maharashtra government says tata-bye-bye to ‘Horn OK Please’ on trucks |date=2015-05-01 |newspaper=Economic Times }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Autorickshaw]]<br />
*[[Indian English]]<br />
*[[Truck art in South Asia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.marketplace.org/topics/world/indias-cheap-car-stirring-noise/ Marketplace: ''India's Cheap Car Stirring Up Noise''] Radio report on "horn not OK" campaign in India<br />
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