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Old May 17th, 2007, 22:42   #91
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If ever you hear the joyous strains of " I'm dreaming of a white christmas" by good ol' Bing Crosby on the road in Karnataka - it'll be because there's a 10 tonne Tata truck reversing towards you. It happened to me folks!

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Old Jul 31st, 2008, 16:16   #92
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The trucks have that sign precisely for the reason your driver explained.

A far more common sign on the rear of trucks is " Horn OK Please". Its actually "Horn Please", meaning, "sound your horn to have me out of your way"!

Till date, I have never understood what the "OK" means and what's it doing between "Horn" and "Please"
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by the way meaning of .O.K. behind trucks is " Orderly Kept" which means all the horn, brake, carburetor etc etc are orderly kept
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