Cop thinks Octavia's OEM horn is aftermarket, tries to fine

I thought that it was a routine check as a traffic awareness week had been in progress. But to my utter surprise, the cops asked me to blow the horn of my car.

MDK recently shared this with other BHPians.

I want to share my experience with traffic cops in Chandigarh today. It all happened in the morning when I was signalled by a couple of cops to stop my Octavia and asked to show my driving license. Initially, I thought that it was a routine check as a traffic awareness week had been in progress. But to my utter surprise, the cops asked me to blow the horn of my car. Then one of them asked me to open the bonnet of my car and step outside. He then blew my car's horn in front of his senior colleague and said that this was a pressure horn and he would issue a challan ticket for the traffic violation of after-market fitted pressure horn. I had a harrowing time convincing him that I have not fiddled with the car's equipment at all and that was an original horn as it comes fitted by the company. I showed him my car's registration certificate trying to convince that the car is still under warranty and any such fitment would render it useless. But they did not pay heed to my repeated pleading. Finally, it was some intervention by a senior officer (whom I called up and happens to be my friend) that these dutiful cops let me go and that too with a suggestion that I should change my horn as quickly as possible.

My apprehension is if these cops are really not aware of the company fitted equipment or are they just harassing the public to make extra money. Whatever the reason may be, the whole experience left a very bitter taste in my mouth. There is an old saying in Hindi - "jiski laathi uski bhains". Seems to be so true here.

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