Horn OK Please - wikipedia Horn OK Please This article is about the phrase. For the song, see Horn OK Please ( song ). For the film, see Horn ' Ok ' Pleassss. Horn Ok Please sign behind a truck Horn OK Please is a phrase commonly painted on commercial vehicles like trucks, buses or local taxis in India. The purpose of the phrase is to alert a driver of a vehicle approaching from behind to sound their horn in case they wish to overtake. On April 30, 2015, the Government of Maharashtra banned the use of `` Horn OK Please '' on the rear side of commercial vehicles, on the grounds that it encourages motorists to honk unnecessarily and leads to noise pollution. Signage on the rear side of commercial vehicles, such as trucks and tempos, across Maharashtra is a gross violation of Section 134 ( 1 ) of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Rules, which deals with signage to be used on the rear and sides of vehicles. Bal Malkit Singh, a former president of the All India Motor Transport Congress, welcomed the ban stating that the phrase was required in the past when the roads were narrow ; on modern wide roads and multi-lane highways, the drivers could use lights and indicators to overtake other vehicles. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category : Horn Ok Please signs. Autorickshaw Indian English References Jump up ^ Rajini Vaidyanathan ( 2013 - 06 - 04 ). `` 10 things you might not know about India ''. BBC News. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 05. Jump up ^ Mike Featherstone, N.J. Thrift, John Urry ( 2005 ). Automobilities ( illustrated ed. ). SAGE. ISBN 9781412910897. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ `` No more ' Horn Please ' in Mumbai ''. Hindustan Times. Mumbai. 26 March 2014. Retrieved Apr 2, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Implement ' Horn OK Please ' ban properly, say activists ''. Times of India. May 2, 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Maharashtra government says tata - bye - bye to ' Horn OK Please ' on trucks ''. Economic Times. 2015 - 05 - 01. External links Marketplace : India 's Cheap Car Stirring Up Noise Radio report on `` horn not OK '' campaign in India Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horn_OK_Please&oldid=755983264 '' Categories : Indian English idioms Transport culture of India Trucking subculture Indian trucking industry Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter Talk About Wikipedia ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Edit links This page was last edited on 21 December 2016, at 08 : 20. About Wikipedia

Question: what do you mean by horn ok please
Answer: to alert a driver of a vehicle approaching from behind to sound their horn in case they wish to overtake