Monday, February 23, 2015

A New Age of Honking:

Hello friends, if any of you have been in India before not for the serene beautiful places in Himalayas but the Metro cities like Mumbai or Delhi or in fact any part of a crowded city, then you must have experience the paramount level honking that is used by the Indians.

There are many people whom I have asked 'Why do you honk so much even when the streets are empty at night?" I got replies "Its just a habit to honk, nothing else."

I asked some others "Why do you honk when the Signals are still red? The other person in front of you will anyways be unmovable until it gets green?" I got replies like "Its just they should know that it is going to be green soon."

I m also not a saint to this. I also used to honk a lot till I visited Japan. It was a wonderful experience when you see the most crowded places filled with cars and still not a single honking heard. I started thinking, what can be the alternatives to it?

Some days back i read about the innovations that are happening in car and many people have started making Smart Cars and it also seems that Apple has thought about it as well. 

The idea that I have to honking is very simple. There will be no horn given in the car at the first place. Instead there will be a single signal that will be passed from your car to the car in front of you till a distance of 500 meters. The driver sitting in the other car will only get a notification that there is a car at the back who wants to overtake. Give him side. 

This also has application when you are listening to loud music in your car and you cannot hear the outside noise much. You just don't need to be alter for the honking but be alert on your dashboard. 

There is a flaw to this as well. In a country like India where there are many times where cows and buffaloes roaming on the street. Honking needs to be done to move them out of the way. 

Well for that I feel the system will be designed to give only 10 honks to the driver in a day. He/she has to decide where to use them.

I m not sure how much this crazy idea will solve the purpose but might help Indias to get over their obsession of honking. 

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