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[-] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

It's not exactly universal. In Germany, this can be interpreted as you warning of a pending emergency and trigger slowdown; they'd do thanks by signalling left-right-left-right rapidly.

Wtf this is like dark souls pantomime shit. You drivers really need a better way to communicate

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like a simple secondary horn that's quieter and less aggressive?

Maybe like a kazoo

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah, we use that too. It's absolutely contextual, on the highway we use it for what you described.

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