許多卡車和公車都是由車主高度定制和裝飾的。卡車的外部裝飾可能花上數千美元。[5]裝飾通常包含讓卡車司機想起家的元素,因為他們一次或得離家好幾個月。[6]藝術是卡車司機的一種表達方式。[7]裝飾或會包括結構變化、绘画、书法和裝飾性裝飾(ornamental-decor),如車輛前後的鏡面工程(mirror work),以及卡車門上的木雕。對各種歷史場境和詩句的描繪亦甚為常見。[8]安裝工程通常於客車車間(coach workshop)完成。[9]鏈子和下垂物常常懸掛於車頭保險桿上。[10]在印度,人們經常可以看到描繪老鷹、風箏、奶牛依偎小牛和納扎爾巴圖(英语:Nazar battu)的圖案,以及「請按喇叭(英语:Horn OK Please)」、「摁喇叭」及「夜間請用低燈」(Use Dipper at Night)等警句。[11]宗教圖騰、詩歌和政治標誌亦很常見。[3][12]
^Tracing Truck Art beyond 'Horn OK Please': India and Pakistan's Truck Art tradition. Creative Yatra. 2016-11-16 [2017-07-31]. (原始内容存档于2017-08-01) (英语). Largely a domestic art in its early years especially in North India and Pakistan, the ideation of beautifying trucks, lorries, and rickshaws with multifaceted patterns and calligraphy was common.
^ 3.03.13.2McKenzie, Sheena. Pimp my ride: The psychedelic world of Indian truck art. CNN. 2015-08-05 [2017-07-31]. (原始内容存档于2017-08-01) (英语). For truckers in India, that means a kaleidoscope of colors, slogans, and intricately painted symbols that are as much about bling -- as shrewd business sense. ..."A better looking truck attracts more business," says Shantanu Suman, graphic designer and filmmaker behind 2013 documentary "Horn Please," which explores India's spectacular truck art tradition.
^Barrett, Grant. A Way With Words. 2005-05-26 [2017-09-02]. (原始内容存档于2013-04-14) (英语).
^ 12.012.1Kafle, Dinesh. Ode to the Road: Truck Art of North India. Sahapedia.org. 2021-03-22 [2022-05-17]. (原始内容存档于2022-11-13) (英语). An example of such a space, the bumpers of the trucks in North India are often painted with couplets and quartets. Among North Indian trucks, those registered in Uttar Pradesh often carry writings that are closest to what we call truck literature: couplets and quartets.
^Dover Rug & Home Presents Truck Artist, Haider Ali. Wellesley Weston Magazine. 2015-07-30 [2019-09-17](英语). In recent years, Ali and his students, and their students, have started a company they named Phool Patti, which translates to ‘flowers leaves’ in Urdu/Hindi.