Lorry given hilarious horn that's making drivers do a triple-take
Published on Sep 25, 2023 at 5:01 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Sep 25, 2023 at 5:01 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Forget the Vengabus, the Venga TRUCK is coming and its customized horn needs to be heard to be believed.
The video was shared by a 16-year-old Scottish truckspotter and it’s going viral, with 16.3m views already.
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The TikToker who shares his videos via @trucker._.scott is standing in the middle of a dual carriageway crossing as the unmissable truck approaches.
The truck flashes its lights and sounds its unique, customized horn as bystanders wave.
Instead of the dixie horn you’d expect, the horn blasts out the 1998 banger, We Like To Party by Dutch Eurodance group, The Vengaboys.
The consensus in the comment section is that it’s a Basuri air horn.
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Basuri designs musical horn systems that are designed to ‘not only grab people’s attention, but also be entertaining while asking them to move lanes’.
These horns are more common in India, Indonesia, and the Netherlands.
For buses, trucks and heavy goods vehicles, a bunch of tunes are available including Baby Shark, La Cucaracha, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, and We No Speak Americano.
In the UK where the video was filmed, it’s legal to have musical horns fitted but you still need to have a regular one.
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“Only in Dundee,” one commenter said, apparently confirming the location of the video.
“The fact it’s so out of tune only makes it better,” another said.
“The last thing you hear before your family of four is hit by a semi in a fatal accident,” said a third.
One said it would be impossible to take the horn seriously, saying road rage just wouldn’t be the same.
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All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
