Re: [nukkad] Driving in India

["Praveen" <>]

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Thanks Hiroo,
I have found some 'norms' of  Indian Road Traffic :
1. Auto Rickshaws follows the rule - where the nose goes, the body follows.
2. Trucks are always washed where water is free and the driver can take his
weekend bath and wash clothes - at dhabbas, rivers, canals, lakes / ponds,
farmer's well.
3. Trucks are always repaired, preventive maintenance does not exist.
4. Truck does not go to the garage; the garage comes to the truck, where
ever it is, blocking one lane on the highway, with a fencing of rocks so
that other vehicles may please be inconvenienced as well.
5. Only people capable of controlling truckers and taxis / rickshaws are the
Maharashtra Traffic Police with powers to abuse and manhandle the drivers,
expecially if they do not pay up.
6. While in Mumbai there is still sufficient traffic sense, all other cities
have people who use the car like a bicycle with complete disregard for lanes
and lines. Not their fault - they just graduated from a bike to a car.
7. Newer the car, the faster it will be driven. Louder the horn, the more it
will be blasted.
8. More load should have more momentum so that nobody gets injured - they
all die.
9. Friends or neighbours meeting while travelling in opposite directions
have the right to chat in the center of the road, idling their respective
vehicles. The road belongs to them as well.
10. MSRTC Bus drivers take it as a personal insult to be overtaken.
11. All traffic moves as fast as the slowest vehicle. Sometimes it is a
tractor or bullock-cart.
12. Village roads are meant to be used as open air latrines at night.
13. For every 400 percent increase in traffic, there is 4 percent widening
of roads.
14. For any political problem, 'rasta roko' (Road bloackade) is the fastest,
easiest and best protest.
15. Rear view mirrors are useless - why look back ?

 > From: Praveen
>
> Well, very true & hilarious. While driving in India, one must bother about
> your front
> only :). forget the rear- just aim and sometimes play 'Musical Chairs',
> especially when you reach Traffic lights/ signals - Only you may end up
> creating more "Chairs", by surprisingly adding more lanes. You will note
> that a 3-lane road becomes a 6-lane one near the lights and everyone wants
> to be the first to race when the lights turn green!!
>
> I have found that persons (who have driven on Indian roads for 5-6 years),
> returning to India on holiday/ vacation from US/ Australia  have
'forgotten'
> driving !!
>
> Bajoo, Samjho Ishaare!
> hiroo


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