[PRCo] Re: Indian cultural differences

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Swindler;

Not really surprising.

Friends who visited South America in the 1960s and 1970s said that headlights were used in the place of horns but weren't used for night vision in many countries.  Repeatedly flash the headlights to get attention / row.  Scary.


Phil





----- Original Message ----
> From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 10:27:22 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Indian cultural differences
> 
> 
> 
> So what's the annual highway death toll in India??
> 
> For instance, it was a surprise couple years ago to learn that China has about 
> twice the number of highway fatalities as the US.
> 
> John> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> 
> Subject: [PRCo] Indian cultural differences> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:51:55 
> -0500> > For those of you who did take the time to look at some of those you- > 
> tube videos of India, the rucus of automobile horns on the streets is > 
> different from here. As our guides and bus drivers explained it to > us, blowing 
> the horn in India doesn't mean, "Get out my way you F--n > S. O. B., I have the 
> right of way." Rather it means, "Hello friend, > I'm here and I don't want you 
> to get hurt. Please don't walk in > front of me."