Horn Not Okay, Please!

To control reckless honking at traffic signals, Mumbai Police has decided to experiment with a genius initiative called ‘The Punishing Signal’.

According to ‘The Punishing Signal’ initiative the police have installed decibel meters on top of signal poles at few parts of the city to check the noise pollution level. As soon as the decibel level goes beyond the 85dB mark, the red signal will restart the original timer of 90 seconds. The signal won’t turn green unless the decibel level goes below 85dB.

‘Honk More Wait More’ is the tagline and hashtag used for this initiative that has gone viral on the Internet. Netizens are coming out to support this amazing step taken by the Mumbai Police. In fact, Bengaluru and Hyderabad Police are going to adopt this initiative to curb honking at signals and bring discipline on the road.

Supporting the Mumbai Police and their initiative of ‘The Punishing Signal’, Hrithik Roshan penned down an informative note on his Instagram. As a responsible citizen and concerned Mumbaikar, he advises everyone to support this call and stop the unwanted honking.

Read Hrithik’s thoughtful post:

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There is a cultural deficit in our programming when it comes to mindless honking. It probably is caused by a combination of certain wrong beliefs . We assume that the other people in traffic are not as much in a hurry as us. Which is certainly incorrect . We all want to get to where we are going sooner rather than later . So why do we we honk? Not needed. . We believe that honking will magically make the traffic move faster or turn the red light green sooner somehow . It will not . . We also honk because we can see that the pedestrians never follow the rules and that becomes the general belief system – because we secretly know that we ourselves don’t follow the rules while crossing the streets and cross sections. . And we are so comfortable with the noise pollution because we are accustomed to it. Which is really sad. But easily reversible . Plus blowing that horn has become a kind of mindless venting of all our daily irritations and frustrations , it gives us some kind of satisfaction that we are letting off some steam . It actually does the opposite. The noise only aggravates all that pent up irritation inside . It does not HELP it. . I am dreaming of a mumbai that is more patient , more trusting , more aware , more giving , more disciplined , more responsible , more present and all that will only come from wanting to be better as individual citizens for the sake of our city . Let’s do things together which will make us even more proud of this magnificent city. My secret suspicion is that just the act of being aware of NOT to blow that horn will make us more present and add peace and serenity to our days wether inside or outside the car. . You cannot dream of peace with decibels at its peak. Patience is the solution to our chaos . As a proud Mumbaikar, I volunteer to minimize noise pollution. This movement by the mumbai police is just such a brilliant initiative. And #HonkMoreWaitMore is a creative hack by our Traffic Controllers. 💪🏻 . P.S : I am posting this as a citizen who was impacted by this video I saw yesterday and this post is not a tie up or endorsement… but my own personal thoughts and emotions . #HonkResponsibly #mumbaipolice @mumbai.police_

A post shared by Hrithik Roshan (@hrithikroshan) on Feb 3, 2020 at 9:07pm PST