If you are able to drive car, there are two things that you could not avoid no matter what.
first : horn
I could say that every countries use 'horn' in the same manner, of cause, we use it to scold those bad-selfish-terrible drivers. so i will not say much about it.
second : high beam
Do you know that, there're two meaning for high beam??
Most countries, such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China use high beam in the same meaning...which is 'to warn'.
- To warn when we drive so fast and want the car in front of us to give us way.
- To warn when we see cars want to come out from side street, but it's too near and we can't break our car.
- To warn cars in the opposite directions that in front of them have polices detect for speed car.(in Thailand: especially on tollway and road that connect between provinces)
-etc.
anyway, Do you know that high beam in UK means 'give way'. I realized this second meaning of high beam during my summer when i was there to work. When i first saw my host family did high beam, yet they slower their car, i was very confuse coz i never know about this meaning before. After that i also saw many taxi drivers also did in the same ways high beam and slow the car to give way. So this is one of the things i learn that UK different from Thailand.
Anyhow, is there any other countries that did the same as UK did?
Interesting non-verbal communication post. Sometimes high-beams are used as a giving way symbol in the states - but not for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWe do use high beams as a warning. If you are driving and a car coming from the other direction flasshes its high beams - it normally means one of two things. 1. that you forgot to turn on your lights, or 2. that there is a police care up ahead so you should slow down.