Hands off those hooters in the name of peace
New Delhi, India - Police in the Indian capital tried to bring some peace to drivers on the first day of the new year. They have banned what many impatient drivers love to do: honk at traffic lights to alert drivers up ahead that the light has turned green. From Tuesday, anyone using a horn within 100 metres of a traffic signal will have to pay a 100-rupees (about R25) fine, said Maxwell Pereira, the city's traffic police chief. Honking drivers are a menace at traffic lights, where they blow their horns anticipating that the stop signal will change. The noisy nuisance often leads to waving fists and shouting matches. 'Drivers honk away to glory' "Drivers honk away to glory when they find someone immobile in front of them," without considering the reasons, Pereira was quoted as saying in Tuesday's editions of the Times of India. "It was long overdue," said Dinesh Mohan, a traffic expert. There
are 3,3 million vehicles on New Delhi's crowded and potholed roads,
forcing drivers to jockey for space. Traffic accidents and road
rage are the norm in the Indian capital and the city's government
has been under pressure to make driving safer and less stressful.
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