What OK means? In order to avoid any mishaps during the driving, truck drivers used to paint the word “Horn Please” behind their trucks to alert the driver behind them. This worked really well as in India, people were very much used to overtaking a truck causing lots of road accidents. So the “Horn Please” tradition continued for long. In the early days, most of the trucks in India were manufactured by the TATA Group. During these times, Tata Oil Mills Ltd. Co (TOMCO) came up with a new brand of detergent called “OK”. And in order to market their detergent they used the motor medium very effectively by painting OK. This brand had a symbol in the shape of a lotus flower. Thus it became “Horn OK Please”. This carried on for a few years and as times went by the OK sort of became a part of the initial paint itself by the lorry drivers and is still being used by people without knowing its glorious history. Though this may be the real case, there are plenty of theories for the “Horn Ok Please” being into existence. One such theory has its roots in the Second World War where trucks were often run on kerosene when there was a shortage of petrol. Kerosene, being highly unstable in nature, would cause the trucks to explode at the slightest accident. Hence a warning would be painted on the back saying Horn Please, On Kerosene. Gradually this became a norm and is still seen on most trucks even today. So the next time you see, Horn Ok Please, you know what the history behind this is!
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:51:24 +0000
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