A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration; smaller varieties may be mechanically similar to some automobiles. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful, and may be configured to mount specialized equipment, such as in the case of fire trucks, concrete mixers, and suction excavators.
There are around 5 million truck drivers in India.
Passing through narrow city lanes to the dusty highways, delivering goods in various parts of the country, trucks in India also carry with them an Indian folk art – the truck art.
Truck drivers, who spend months on the road in their vehicles, decorate them with bright motifs, traffic messages, calligraphy, gods and goddesses, Bollywood personalities, and even names of drivers’ children and other family members.
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Upon taking a close look at these trucks, it turns out that there are several little, hidden details in the design that give it a quirky look. However, one thing that makes the art stand out is the unique motifs and slogans. One of the most frequent amongst those is the slogan ‘Horn Please’, which we could spot on almost every truck. It is to remind others to honk while they overtake trucks.