孟买驾驶狂按喇叭 「噪音>85分贝」重置号志红灯等更久
Horn not okay, please! Find out how the @MumbaiPolice hit the mute button on #Mumbai’s reckless honkers. #HonkResponsibly pic.twitter.com/BAGL4iXiPH
许多人为了赶时间，都会在塞车时，狂按喇叭催促前方的用路者，而在印度孟买，警方为了减少喇叭所带来的噪音，竟出现了特殊的交通号志灯。当仪表上的噪音超过85分贝，号志灯就会重置，让「红灯变绿灯」的等待时间更久，等于是对驾驶人乱按喇叭的「惩罚」，更借此还给当地宁静的生活空间。
据《Dainik Bhaskar》报导，孟买的交通壅塞，时常出现驾驶人按喇叭催促前方用路者的状况，导致当地充斥着恼人的噪音。当地警方为了解决这个问题，透过分贝计连接号志灯，当仪表上的噪音超过85分贝，号志灯就会重置，而驾驶人就只能等待更长的时间。
据CNN报导，孟买警局发言人Prannoy Ashok表示，在实验的阶段中，「几个重要路口」每天都会进行15分钟的测试，而这个方法目前是成功的，下个月将会在10个地点进行更深入的测试，希望这个概念能被推广到整个交通管理系统中。
主营地图、导航和GPS设备公司「TomTom」根据交通指数，排名了城市的壅塞程度，孟买在2019年位居世界第四拥挤城市，又据指数估计，孟买的驾驶者去年塞车的时间，竟就高达8天又17个小时，因此为了赶时间，才会出现这样的噪音问题。
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_
Hrithik Roshan（@hrithikroshan）分享的贴文 于 PST 2020 年 2月 月 3 日 下午 9:07 张贴
如果驾驶人为了不想等更久的红灯，就会在无形中建立意识，避免无缘无故乱按喇叭的情况。而这个特别的方式受到许多人赞同，连宝莱坞演员李提克.罗森（Hrithik Roshan）也在IG上表示，「这是出色的措施」，因为按喇叭不会比较快变绿灯，只会徒增噪音。不过也有人担心，救护车和警笛声等特殊情况，若也比照同样方式，则可能会出现其他的交通问题。