Horns, Waves and Hand Signals

Before turn-signal neglect and horn-rants, we had a friendlier language on the road: short taps, open-palms, and courtesy waves. In Southeast Asia, horns often mean only “I’m here.” Maybe it’s time we relearned traffic as conversation—not combat. The old vocabulary Borrowed from busy streets In Manila and beyond, with pedicabs, tuk-tuks, jeepneys, bikes, and pedestrians … Read more