Interpreting honks are sometimes more difficult than understanding baby talk. There is no official guide to honk. Googled and found one similar article talking about horn honking from Margaret Ross. Read here.
I shared some of the common honk etiquette. And love the honking terms used by Margaret, Tap, Toot, Horn, Blast. To put into local Malaysia context, creating further honking guidelines.
- One Short Light Honk (Tap) - A polite courtesy reminder / call.
- Two Short Light Honks (Toot?) - Greeting to friends
- One Short Honk (Horn?) - Be Careful
- Continuous Long Honk (Blast) - Danger! Watch Out!
- Continuous (Two Short Honks) Don't cut queue, get out of my way!
- Continuous Short Honk (Tap, Tap, Tap) - For motorcycle. Motorcycle is coming in between the cars, cars do not cut out of lane.
- Continuous (One Short Honk, One Long Honk, One Short Honk) - Warning for motorist, suspicious motorcycle around, beware of robbers. Similar to SOS in Morse Code.
