Brit gunned down while riding scooter in Thailand in road rage incident

[Big Boy]

It would be interesting to find out exactly when and why this "don't honk the horn" thing all started. I recall in the 90's horns were in frequent use everywhere. I had a bus horn installed under the hood on my Toyota tiger and used it frequently, usually as a warning not as an attack/complaint. Very strange IMO that the habits of an entire society changed as it has.

I still remember my first bus ride from Bangkok to Pattaya in the 80's. Every time we overtook another vehicle, the driver beeped twice. It actually became quite annoying, but I was told it was a part of Thai driving, and a requirement of the Thai Highway Code. I too wondered when and why it stopped.

[handdrummer]

The first time I drove in Thailand, in 2014, I beeped my horn and my wife quickly told me that you don't do that in Thailand. I said that was absurd, how do you warn other drivers of anything? She had no answer.

[Nereus]

But is ok to beep passing some roadside shrine! (I dont think the ghosts carry guns)

[HHTel]

I'm sure those that have driven in India have noticed that all trucks have a sign on the back - 'SOUND YOUR HORN'.

[STEVE G]

I think times have changed:

"It’s important to understand that in the Third World most driving is done with the horn, or “Egyptian Brake Pedal,” as it is known. There is a precise and complicated etiquette of horn use. Honk your horn only under the following circumstances:

1. When anything blocks the road
2. When anything doesn’t.
3. When anything might.
4. At red lights
5. At green lights.
6. At all other times."

P.J. O'Rourke

[handdrummer]

In Israel, when the stop light turns green, it's the signal to honk your horn.