Hopefully if they ever go to Sri Lanka they get localised tuning because I was surprised to find out flashing your lights over there doesn't mean "go ahead", it means "if you don't get out of my way I will ram you"

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niccl 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And then there's trucks flashing an indicator to say it's safe to overtake if you're behind them. In the UK it's the nearside indicator, which makes sense: it's a bit like the truck is pulling over to let you pass. In Aotearo, it's often the off-side indicator, so you think the truck is going to pull out in front of you. I've never understood what the Aotearoa drivers are thinking there

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j0e1 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is true for India too though traffic there isn't known for its rules.

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0x3f 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I hate the countries that do this because it doesn't even make sense as a signal. We already have a horn. They are wasting a channel!

	▲	fc417fc802 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It also doesn't make sense because "get out of my way or I will ram you" is the default state of operating a motor vehicle. Not the goal but the physical reality of it.
	▲	necovek 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		At highway speeds, engine, road and wind noise usually make horns inaudible. In Serbia, on top of get-out-of-my-way, it's also used to signal go-ahead, but also "police with speed radars ahead" to incoming traffic.