Road Sense? Sorry what's that?

This is the common Indian's thinking- "If no one's seeing, I can do anything wrong." Same is with traffic these days. Everyone tries to jump that red signal because no traffic cop is watching you. What does it save you? 30 Second, a minute or 3 minutes at max. Whereas if the same crossing has a traffic cop nearby, hardly anyone even crosses zebra crossing marks before the signal. Is it really necessary that someone has to constantly keep an eye on you and then only you will follow rules?
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Then comes the lane cutting. Do you realize those broken lines on road are supposed to divide lanes on road? You're not supposed to drive on them! But hey, maybe that's the only thing you do the best- Changing a 2-lane road into a 4-lane road. Count the footpath and it makes for 5th lane too.
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Police does not come on time! It took over 20 minutes after accident for them to come here. Wait, hold on for a minute. 20 minutes after accident, not after you called them! They could have arrived early if you would have skipped, "Tu jaanta hai me kaun hu?" and would have called authorities instead of your friends for help. But even if you will do it, they will take more time that they should. Why? People like you who race with them when they are trying to reach the spot. When you don't give them way even when they are constantly buzzing their siren. If you drive in lanes, there are very high chances they will pass you easily which is not possible on a 2-lane road transformed into 4-lane.

Did someone overtake you? Please elaborate to me how that offends you. Why you have to overtake one if he overtakes you? Why are you shouting at that lady driving under speed limit in front of you? She is under speed limit, and if you have to go faster choose a different road. No one will break rules just because you want to!
That traffic signal with no dividers on any side of road? You are still supposed to stick on left of the road. But no! Lets pass all halted traffic from wrong side and block the oncoming traffic too! And not to forget, "Kaise chala rha hai, dikh nhi rha samne se me aa rha hu?". You are in wrong way. No one is supposed to mind you.
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Double parking. "Arre its only about 2 minutes, I will go and come in no time". That statement is no justification to block a parked car. How do you know that person won't face any emergency? What if his house catches fire and he immediately has to go there? What if his partner gets a heart-attack and needs to be rushed to hospital. Are you going to take responsibility for not letting him take his car out?
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"Ye Indica wale kabhi thik se nhi chalate" or "People in Jaguars are spoilt brats of rich father, they will never learn to drive". Stop generalizing! In the images I posted above, all cars from an alto to beamer can be found breaking the law. Its never the vehicle, but the driver who needs to be educated.

"Why to wear helmet or seat-belts? I only have to go to that corner and besides I am an experienced driver!" STOP! You may be the divine know-it-all all experienced guy but others on road aren't. Its about your safety and not others. Granted, you only have to go next 50 metres but that doesn't mean a bus would not tail-gate you or a truck wouldn't crush you, accidentally. And you know what? You will be only losing your life. The stupid public on road will burn that vehicle(only because its bigger-they won't see if you came in wrong way), and police will pull that man into jail for killing you be negligence. Only if you had a strapped helmet, you could have been saved and that guy too.

"But I always sit on the backseat. I have a chauffeur driven car, why should I care if he is wearing seat-belts or not? He has to pay the fine if cops stop us for not following laws. There's nothing for which I should care." Would you not care if he takes a gun and shoots you? Would you not care if he pushes you off the cliff? If he forgot to wear seatbelts and got thrown out of car for some reason(happened with a Lamborghini few years back), you would be sitting in an unmanned car. You may ask your driver to pay for all expenses if you remain alive then.

If you feel you are immortal, or sitting on backseat with/without seatbelts make no difference, watch Seat Belt Ad Safety Montage - YouTube(especially 10:00 onwards) and think again.

And then comes the great pedestrians. I have seen hundreds of times people crossing road by jumping rails on dividers and not using foot-over-bridge just 10 metres away from them. Heck, even going from zebra crossing at red lights can save your life. But who should walk extra 10 meters, lets risk our life. Saving a couple of minutes by not taking foot-over-bridge is more important than getting home to your kids/parents alive. Half of the population does not even know why footpaths exist I believe. Hardly I see anyone walking on footpaths, all walk on middle of road. I say again, if you want to die, please reduce population by doing so but do not make someone else responsible for it.

"The government needs to enforce stronger laws." Are current laws not enough? When they increase the fine for rash-driving you all get angry, yet they need stronger laws. Government is doing what it can, rest is upon you. It is not possible to have a traffic cop at every intersection or every road. Cops are asking for a bribe because you did not wear helmet? Why did you even give them a chance? YOU need to think about your safety. YOU need to stop before stop sign. YOU need to be in lane. YOU need to wear helmet.

Awesom work re. Hard work can be seen through the sentences and photographs of thhis thread!

Nice was planning to write this long back

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Want to learn how to turn a 2 lane to a 5 lane ask Indians

nice work man...

haha good one, very necessary

first turn, then look to see if anything is in the way

Needs to be published in digit and other publications.

kya baat h.. nice work.

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nice work

Awesome Job! Will post some pic too!

That 2nd pic is ................

Publishing your article in my blog.
Guys give your views too, like i can add them in my blog post

Done

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Indians Think If no one's seeing, I can do anything wrong

you can make another thread on this very sentence

can this be added to main post?
Found it long back!! "Bookmarks"

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Nice work... Encapsulates everything an Indian might have seen or done on the road throughout his life.

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Really I totally agree with you..

If you try to follow the rule then others will shout and curse at you in India. If you stop at the signal in India and road is empty then the vehicles behind you will start honking and force you to go.. I had many fight because of that

People here keep his finger on horn like they are holding trigger of the gun and playing far cry 3

unnecessary horn just makes me mad here..

Nipun! Didn't know about your "serious" side! Nice job with the sarcasms!

nice work done man
In the last pic: even a BMW owner has tied a black hanging on the no. plate.
its to hide his no. only.
pity on the BMW owner.

No parking means PARK HERE............

dalbir said:
nice work done man
In the last pic: even a BMW owner has tied a black hanging on the no. plate.
its to hide his no. only.
pity on the BMW owner..

I had not clicked that pic because of that, if you look at swift marked with red, you will see it is trying to get out. It was double parked. Swift was parked at green spot when BMW blocked it.

swordfish said:
Really I totally agree with you..

If you try to follow the rule then others will shout and curse at you in India. If you stop at the signal in India and road is empty then the vehicles behind you will start honking and force you to go.. I had many fight because of that

People here keep his finger on horn like they are holding trigger of the gun and playing far cry 3 unnecessary horn just makes me mad here..

That was discussed many times on many forums, and every time only conclusion was to turn the volume up and pretend that they don't exist.

And now look at the figo here. It ran under a trailer at over 90kmph, losing roof and 3 passengers. Stupid people can never learn.

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+1000 for your article.
Excellently written and good use of sarcasm.

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This image is not about road sense but lack of civic sense. No one wants to clear even their own mess, and want govt. to do everything from cleaning streets to making nuclear missiles.

Look at this guy's number plate, green numbers & glittering tape around plate. I was unable to take a photo from front side, but his headlamps had white bulbs, which completely blind the drivers from opposite side. So loud music, I'm sure the occupants were deaf.
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This guy tried to save few seconds by going into wrong way, but made hours of traffic jam.

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Nipun said:
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This image is not about road sense but lack of civic sense. No one wants to clear even their own mess, and want govt. to do everything from cleaning streets to making nuclear missiles.

Look at this guy's number plate, green numbers & glittering tape around plate. I was unable to take a photo from front side, but his headlamps had white bulbs, which completely blind the drivers from opposite side. So loud music, I'm sure the occupants were deaf.
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This guy tried to save few seconds by going into wrong way, but made hours of traffic jam.
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Which image?

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Sorry for blurry pic! Clciked it while riding bicycle!

Indian culture is to blame.

SOme people think they have enough money to deal with penalties and fine , but they don't get the fact that they still have only one life to live.

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Rishi. said:
SOme people think they have enough money to deal with penalties and fine , but they don't get the fact that they still have only one life to live. :

Minor Correction, "People don't break laws or Rules, just because they have money to close others mouth."
These days its all about finding Loop Holes in the Laws/Rules or to defy that what else can be done. We don't OBEY RULES.

Everyone is to be blamed other than the Govt. Again Govt is constituted with those people whom we elect. We are the ones, who drives crazy over Road, drunk & drive accidents, pedestrians not using Z-Cross for crossing the roads, parking the vehicle on Road or parking in a no-parking zone.

How & in what ways a typical WE [Indian Bike/3-4-6 Wheeler Drivers] breaks road rules & regulations.

Not Wearing Helmets/ Seat belts, Not having a valid Driving License [providing fake certificates for DL or getting it through by official contacts], Speeding on the Roads, improper maintenance of the Bike/cars/trucks/commercial vehicles, expired insurance & emission certificates.... Finally with ZERO Civic Sense of Riding, which includes HOW TO USE INDICATORS & when to switch it OFF.

Share your views....

here is a problem of my area KHARGHAR
we have a skywalk,but we dont have A single traffic signal except in sector. 12 and 7
people drive bikes,scooters,bicycles etc through the footpaths
and Auto-Rickshaw drivers dont use Meter for calculating fare

Brilliant thread. I wish all cars don't even start without plugging seat-belt.

Many many Teens think that breaking rules is cool..
Some of them block ambulances

Great, work.

Amazing video:
Yamaraj or Driver??? | Facebook

A Guide To Driving In India Without Dying :banghead:

*jalopnik.com/a-guide-to-driving-in-india-without-dying-262254628 :banghead:

Great work here. +1000.
If you allow me, then I'll share this link in some of my sites.
Please do let me know.

d6bmg said:
Great work here. +1000.
If you allow me, then I'll share this link in some of my sites.
Please do let me know.

Share where ever possible. Its only possible thing we can do for better traffic conditions(besides being nice on road, ofcourse).

Nipun said:
Share where ever possible. Its only possible thing we can do for better traffic conditions(besides being nice on road, ofcourse).

Thanks for the permission. I'll share them tonight.

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what a thread......

i will put it wherever possible and put my name!!! ha ha ha...

kidding....

i will share and link here..... lets hope many people read and get their lives saved...

what a thread......

i will put it wherever possible and put my name!!! ha ha ha...

kidding....

i will share and link here..... lets hope many people read and get their lives saved...

The recent BMW Hit & run case, where a 7-series had hit a bike leaving one dead and other injured is just stupid. Everyone is blaming the BMW driver without noting the following obvious points from CCTV footage:
-Bikers were not wearing helmet.
-Bike did not stop at turn to let other vehicles pass.
-He overtook another biker from wrong side just before turn.
-He was on wrong way on a round-about.

Seeing last three points, he was possibly drunk too. Sorry for making this assumption, but its quite possible.
IMO biker should be prosecuted for trying to suicide.

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What case?? i dont know pls tell....

where is this video??? I want to see... where did this happen??

draco21 said:
What case?? i dont know pls tell....

where is this video??? I want to see... where did this happen??

Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad BMW hit-and-run case: Car owner nabbed; another victim dies - The Times of India

BMW hit-and-run captured on CCTV in Ahmedabad. Biker dies after being swung high in air. : india

Nipun said:
Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad BMW hit-and-run case: Car owner nabbed; another victim dies - The Times of India

BMW hit-and-run captured on CCTV in Ahmedabad. Biker dies after being swung high in air. : india

Have a look at the CCTV Footage.

Dawm, well deserved to the biker, bad incident for the BMW Owner.

Where the FCUK is the Helmet ?? Why the Hell Young Students do pull such stunts & end up with disaster ??

Why the Hell the headline goes like "BMW Hit & Run Case ??". Doesn't Tata Indica or Maruti 800 make disaster on Indian Road.

Sorry, but Govt can't rectify such issues by making the rules more stricter as long as common people are not aware of something called as Common Sense...

Have a look at this too..

ahmedabad mein BMW ne kuchla ??

Another incident, which took place few months ago in a Place called Garabhavi Palya, Hosur Road, Bangalore.

The driver was so lucky. But look at this arshe-hole...Is he wearing a Helmet ?? Have a look at the way Pedestrians are crossing the roads. Disasters are common to happen with such place & later "Rich, Powerful and Poor blame game"

idiots. poor bmw guy.
people go mad at night, everyone speeds recklessly, and nobody wants to take the next u-turn so they drive on the wrong side.
it's too horrbile, even when people are going on the wrong side or one way, they do so along any lane of the wrong side.

d3p said:
Have a look at the CCTV Footage.

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Have a look at this too..

I agree with all points. I saw an advertisement of Delhi Traffic Police in newspaper few days ago, requesting people to move in lanes. My friends made fun of it. :banghead:

They make fun of me for not going in wrong way or crossing for zebra crossing. All I can do is laugh at them and ignore. :banghead:

At that BMW and Bike crash, wasn't the car going a little high speed? I am not saying, asking. Of course it's the stupid biker!

ithehappy said:
At that BMW and Bike crash, wasn't the car going a little high speed? I am not saying, asking. Of course it's the stupid biker!

Yes, around 80kmph.
Funnily witnesses say it was 150kmph or 180kmph. Story of all accidents. They have speedometers in their eyes. One of my friend had collided with an Activa coming from wrong side, just like this but he was under speed limit(around 30kph). Still, people said to police he was 100+ ! :shock:

Oh, 80 is absolutely fine.
Didn't know people are that stupid, how can a vehicle go at 150 in that joint? Nonsense!

An interesting post.
Things You Can Do Only ON Indian Roads! - Page 14

This bus was attacked by goons in Mangolpuri after recent rape incident. Those people enjoyed throwing rocks and breaking property even when police had registered complaint. Complete idiots! This is not about road sense but general civic sense!

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FIA - Michelin: 10 Golden Rules | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

And another very very wierd about seat belts in Maharashtra.

If you are from bigger city like Mumbai both the driver and front co passenger are required to wear seat belt. However Step to a smaller city like pune and the seatbelts are only compulsory for driver not co passenger.(what logic I have no idea) And head for even smaller city like nagpur seatbelts are no required at all.
Why this insane grading as per cities :banghead:

But what Pune have is totally beyond realms of logic. Either have or don't keep seatbelt. What's with inbetween rules. ..

rules shmules
i don't understand why we NEED a rule like that? shouldn't it be a common sense?
helmet will save your head, seat belt will save your head, neck... ultimately its about one's self.
i see IT professionals, obviously educated (tech park near my house

) riding on their honda cbr 250 BUT with the helmet in their elbow.

Most of the bikers are just kanjoos, the pillion, usually the wife is not given any helmet :lol:

nor the child who sits on the tank, or the child who is crushed between the parents or the eldest child who sits on the carrier at the back. :lol:

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pratyush997 said:
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Sorry for blurry pic! Clciked it while riding bicycle!

really ?????

then this should be also in the first post..

you are blaming them.. look upon yourself first..

the time has come when pedestrians should start wearing a helmet.. :twisted:

s18000rpm said:
rules shmules
i don't understand why we NEED a rule like that? shouldn't it be a common sense?
helmet will save your head, seat belt will save your head, neck... ultimately its about one's self.
i see IT professionals, obviously educated (tech park near my house ) riding on their honda cbr 250 BUT with the helmet in their elbow.

Most of the bikers are just kanjoos, the pillion, usually the wife is not given any helmet nor the child who sits on the tank, or the child who is crushed between the parents or the eldest child who sits on the carrier at the back.

Common sense ??? Do you think we Indians have that ??

First of all, normal two wheeler in india are made for two people. Rider + Pillion Rider. But most of times you will surely find the third person either in between Rider & pillion rider or sitting above the Gas Tank. Let it be a Kid or New Born Baby. You are not supposed to ride the bike with them. What if, the baby slips out of the Pillion riders hand ?? What if, the Kid feels sleepy & falls down ?? What if the Kid hits the front brake or accelerates or turn off the ignition, while you are cruising ???

This itself state, how much common sense we have.

I have even witness bikes with Rider + Pillion + Kid & Rider will be using Mobile with one hand while riding or stuck at Traffic. I mean you are taking a huge RISK !..

Looks like we Yindians belong to Circus & on road we are known to create Chaos.

Completely agree with you!

d3p said:
wheeler in india are made for two people. Rider + Pillion Rider. But most of times you will surely find the third person either in between Rider & pillion rider or sitting above the Gas Tank. Let it be a Kid or New Born Baby. You are not supposed to ride the bike with them. What if, the baby slips out of the Pillion riders hand ?? What if, the Kid feels sleepy & falls down ??

Nothing much, they will blame the (unlucky) driver behind them, and if it is a truck or bus, they will burn it down. Problem solved.

we are known to create Chaos.

And then blame it on others.

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Who needs a number plate when you can have a visiting card?

Nipun said:
Who needs a number plate when you can have a visiting card?

erm..Something weird about this...don't these organizations get specialised plates anyways like the UN/CC plates..

No. Even diplomat vehicles('CC') have to follow the specified plate and font size and style. And nothing except the registration number can be on the number plate. I remember Mr. Satyendra Garg had fined a very similar vehicle around 2 years ago. The only difference was he had "PRESIDENT" written instead of "General Secretary"(above image).

Hows this for number plate

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freshseasons said:
Hows this for number plate

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Don't you think that's quite big enough for just being a Number plate. I feel it should be a Advertisement Hood or Display.

Good initiative. Sometimes I also wonder about driving licences, and how people get them without knowing basic rules, and safety tips.

Just the other day I was in traffic, near lilavati hospital in bandra mumbai, and this idiot in an SUV, a driver, stuck his car into my rear bumper. The result? I moved forward and half my bumper came off. I was in a regular traffic jam, bumper to bumper, so just inching forward like everyone else. This fool was trying to squeeze the person behind me out of the way and came a little too close to my car - his driver side touching my passenger side rear bumper. I went ahead so as not to block traffic and parked where I got space.

There was a woman in the back seat of the car, obviously rich, on her phone, oblivious to everything. The driver tried to run away, of course, but I blocked him by walking into traffic, he stopped, and since there was a lady in the car, I was polite, and said how are you driving like this, in Hindi to the driver. He starts abusing, and says why cant you look and drive, why did you cut me off?

Obviously I was amazed. I had no clue that cars can apparently turn their back wheels only and move towards another car that's behind them. I decided that this idiot driver just wouldn't understand. So I tried to speak to the lady, I called her Ma'am, was super polite, and basically said, surely you know it's your driver's fault, as the front of your car has caused damage to my rear bumper. However she was on the phone, and refused to get off the phone, and just looked confused.

The driver kept on with his ridiculous accusations that I had turned into his car somehow when all I did was move forward 2 feet when the car ahead of me moved, and in an absolute straight line. Since we were blocking traffic, I asked the lady, can you please make him go ahead and stop, it's not money I'm interested in, it's correcting your driver and making him understand that the car at the back is always to blame for such accidents. She told him park ahead, I got out of the way, the driver promptly drove away at high speed, and the woman said nothing to him. She didn't even look back. This is the problem with India. No one gives a hoot for whats right and wrong, to save 10 minutes we put everyone else at risk, and if you're polite, you're considered a weakling.

I am sure if I had got out of the car yelling maa behen ki gaalis, threatening murder, blocked the traffic, kept on blocking his car, waited an hour for the cops, and maybe taken my tyre iron and beat him over the head with it, I'd be heard, got money out of the woman, gone home feeling righteous, or gone to jail for murder. However, sometimes it really feels like the idiots just don't understand unless threatened with bodily harm. And what about the woman in the car? She encouraged lawless behaviour, allowed her driver to get away with acting like an ass despite being wrong, helped him break the law... She is as equally to blame for the lawlessness in this country, the lack of fear of getting caught. And all this despite me saying, forget the money, just correct your driver? I have no hope for India. Also I should add, my 8 month pregnant wife was in the car with me, and the woman saw her when we got out, and still didn't correct her driver when he was abusing.

This is the reason traffic is always so bad, driving is a nightmare, and idiots like this start believing they're invincible. Next step petty crime, then serious crime, and then rape and murder. Not that she'll ever read this, but congratulations lady, you just contributed to making one more person in country a criminal!

Agree that politeness is considered as weakness.

Once a person took U turn in the shortest arch without turning on indicator or watching the traffic back. I almost couldn't understand what he was trying to do but at the last moment tried to swerve on the right hand side, got my bike's front tire under his car as he did the shortest arch U turn to the right.

And then I see people crossing road while talking over phone, regardless of the oncoming traffic.

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It's because discipline has not been taught into their minds. This is what happens when you have illiterate minds in a majority in society. These minds can be of persons who are affluent as well as poor. The solution is to use some sort of force to inflict such sense & make irate people realize their mistakes.

Few days ago I say a traffic cop in Delhi, riding on a pulsar, forcefully stopped a beamer (and may be fined or warned), apparently due to the reason he was talking on phone. Most of the cops don't stop high end vehicles considering them to be of a powerful person. But this incident really made me smile and believe that some persons are still performing their duty with full honesty.

As far as small cities are concerned, the universal law is applied there. In big cities, you get more developments, better infrastructure, stricter laws, and what not. If govt/administration starts paying attention towards these areas (smaller cities & such), then situation will certainly improve, if not on the scale of big cities, but still. One thing has to be remembered, people need to be made learn, they don't learn on their own. Period.

Raaabo said:
Good initiative. Sometimes I also wonder about driving licences, and how people get them without knowing basic rules, and safety tips.

Not every rich brat needs a driving license, when he can afford a uneducated Cocky Driver. The Problem is with the common people itself, rather than rich people.

Raaabo said:
Just the other day I was in traffic, near lilavati hospital in bandra mumbai, and this idiot in an SUV, a driver, stuck his car into my rear bumper. The result? I moved forward and half my bumper came off. I was in a regular traffic jam, bumper to bumper, so just inching forward like everyone else. This fool was trying to squeeze the person behind me out of the way and came a little too close to my car - his driver side touching my passenger side rear bumper. I went ahead so as not to block traffic and parked where I got space.

There was a woman in the back seat of the car, obviously rich, on her phone, oblivious to everything. The driver tried to run away, of course, but I blocked him by walking into traffic, he stopped, and since there was a lady in the car, I was polite, and said how are you driving like this, in Hindi to the driver. He starts abusing, and says why cant you look and drive, why did you cut me off?

Obviously I was amazed. I had no clue that cars can apparently turn their back wheels only and move towards another car that's behind them. I decided that this idiot driver just wouldn't understand. So I tried to speak to the lady, I called her Ma'am, was super polite, and basically said, surely you know it's your driver's fault, as the front of your car has caused damage to my rear bumper. However she was on the phone, and refused to get off the phone, and just looked confused.

The driver kept on with his ridiculous accusations that I had turned into his car somehow when all I did was move forward 2 feet when the car ahead of me moved, and in an absolute straight line. Since we were blocking traffic, I asked the lady, can you please make him go ahead and stop, it's not money I'm interested in, it's correcting your driver and making him understand that the car at the back is always to blame for such accidents. She told him park ahead, I got out of the way, the driver promptly drove away at high speed, and the woman said nothing to him. She didn't even look back. This is the problem with India. No one gives a hoot for whats right and wrong, to save 10 minutes we put everyone else at risk, and if you're polite, you're considered a weakling.

^ This situation is pretty common in India. Zero Driving Sense, Driving License issued to people for making money than others safety over roads.

Raaabo said:
I am sure if I had got out of the car yelling maa behen ki gaalis, threatening murder, blocked the traffic, kept on blocking his car, waited an hour for the cops, and maybe taken my tyre iron and beat him over the head with it, I'd be heard, got money out of the woman, gone home feeling righteous, or gone to jail for murder. However, sometimes it really feels like the idiots just don't understand unless threatened with bodily harm. And what about the woman in the car? She encouraged lawless behaviour, allowed her driver to get away with acting like an ass despite being wrong, helped him break the law... She is as equally to blame for the lawlessness in this country, the lack of fear of getting caught. And all this despite me saying, forget the money, just correct your driver? I have no hope for India. Also I should add, my 8 month pregnant wife was in the car with me, and the woman saw her when we got out, and still didn't correct her driver when he was abusing.

^ This would have worsen the situation, but end of the day you won't be frustrated with the experience you had.

On the other hand, this is the ideal way of people behaving when they end up with an accident. Either they flee away from the picture or they stay there, just to show how right they were & how wrong you are.

IMO, if you pick a Fight with a Pig. No matter how good fighter you are, the Pig will enjoy the fight & gets you into the mud.

Raaabo said:
This is the reason traffic is always so bad, driving is a nightmare, and idiots like this start believing they're invincible. Next step petty crime, then serious crime, and then rape and murder. Not that she'll ever read this, but congratulations lady, you just contributed to making one more person in country a criminal!

The main reason, why the common people are like this is due to

1). Easy acquirement of a Driving License. Bribe, if you can't get one.
2). No fear of Law, as long as they can afford to buy the law or buy out some one else to take the blame.
3). No initiative shown either by Govt or People to make awareness campaigns like " how to drive safely", "Don's & don't on Road" blah blah..

[I feel like killing each & every ba$tard, who uses a Phone while driving a Bike or Car. Unfortunately, the number of users are Girls.]

Last but won't be the least

4). Common sense & Being Disciplined.

We haven't learned this in the past. We never learn it today also & This is f*cking next to impossible in the Future too.

dashing.sujay said:
Few days ago I say a traffic cop in Delhi, riding on a pulsar, forcefully stopped a beamer (and may be fined or warned), apparently due to the reason he was talking on phone. Most of the cops don't stop high end vehicles considering them to be of a powerful person. But this incident really made me smile and believe that some persons are still performing their duty with full honesty.

As far as small cities are concerned, the universal law is applied there. In big cities, you get more developments, better infrastructure, stricter laws, and what not. If govt/administration starts paying attention towards these areas (smaller cities & such), then situation will certainly improve, if not on the scale of big cities, but still. One thing has to be remembered, people need to be made learn, they don't learn on their own. Period.

In Bangalore, every saturday/sunday are considered to be a Heavy traffic on roads. Specially during the evening time. The traffic Polices on the main signals are very strict in terms of law & are equipped with Special devices, which takes a snap of the traffic violation & fines you then & there.

But its the exact opposite during the weekdays. The traffic polices will be available in the signal but not quite attentive towards maintaining peace over roads. Either busy with mobile or busy having Tea, Cigarettes, Snacks through out the day & evening.

^But what I have generally "observed" that b'lore police is quite active. May be I'm wrong, but that's what my short time experience tells.

dashing.sujay said:
^But what I have generally "observed" that b'lore police is quite active. May be I'm wrong, but that's what my short time experience tells.

Yes, its not a Generalized comment here. Few are doing their good job & few are just acting weird.

Talking about Bangalore Police. I have seen police collecting their share from those road side sellers [junk food, shoes, clothes] everyday in the evening. Even to some extent they force to sellers to give money as well as free food or items.

This might not be the same situation across the entire bangalore, but atleast place like Electronic City, Singasandra, Hosa Road, Bommanhalli, J.P Nagar, Banashankari, Koramangala [Near by gardens], Ejipura & even in Wilson Garden.

d3p said:
Yes, its not a Generalized comment here. Few are doing their good job & few are just acting weird.

Talking about Bangalore Police. I have seen police collecting their share from those road side sellers [junk food, shoes, clothes] everyday in the evening. Even to some extent they force to sellers to give money as well as free food or items.

This might not be the same situation across the entire bangalore, but atleast place like Electronic City, Singasandra, Hosa Road, Bommanhalli, J.P Nagar, Banashankari, Koramangala [Near by gardens], Ejipura & even in Wilson Garden.

It is same across all cities in India. There are people doing good job, but the are less than people giving police a bad name.

d3p said:
The main reason, why the common people are like this is due to

1). Easy acquirement of a Driving License. Bribe, if you can't get one.
2). No fear of Law, as long as they can afford to buy the law or buy out some one else to take the blame.
3). No initiative shown either by Govt or People to make awareness campaigns like " how to drive safely", "Don's & don't on Road" blah blah..

Last but won't be the least

4). Common sense & Being Disciplined.

The last point is the major cause of chaos that exists on our roads.
1. Having a driving license has nothing to do with how one drives/behaves on road. Holders create trouble for others while people without driving license may be disciplined. Having a driving license cannot decide sanity of a person, not in India atleast.

2. The main reason for no fear of law - in Delhi atleast - is because of "Jaanta hai me kon hu/mera baap kon hai". Everyone thinks they have the right to break the law(and bones of others too!) just because a distant relative is a police officer.

3. Initiative is shown by Delhi Traffic Police to teach people about traffic laws and sense, but most ignore it. Regularly there are ads in newspapers regarding lane driving, using helmet/seatbelts, having proper number plate etc. but most people just ignore it. They post such images on their FB page too, but most of the comments say "Why should we follow traffic rules when you cannot stop taking bribes/prevent traffic jams?". They just don't realize it's for their own good! Indians want situations to improve without doing anything. The other person should do everything, why should I even move?

4. Common sense and discipline plays the most important role. And it's very rare. Even the highly educated folks don't know public discipline and manners. While most people link common sense/discipline with education, I differ. It's about how an individual is raised in the family by parents/guardians. I and my classmates go to same school while I am far more disciplined("shareef) than them. Just because their parents don't show any discipline themselves, have never taught manners to them and have no fear in their child's mind, they do all wrong acts. From underage smoking to drinking and driving. If people become disciplined, almost all problems prevailing in our society will get solved.

d3p said:
[I feel like killing each & every ba$tard, who uses a Phone while driving a Bike or Car. Unfortunately, the number of users are Girls.]

This is one of the things I hate the most. They drive at 20kmph in high-speed lane & 70kmph in left-most lane, stop in middle of the road, lanes are non-existent(that's for all drivers though) and what not. And if they crash into someone, it has to be their fault. "So what if I am talking on phone, have music on maximum, had 65km/h speed without any seatbelts and was applying some lipstick on my face? It's your duty to keep an eye on the road. You need to pay for the damage I caused to your car". :banghead:

[Never experienced this personally but have seen countless times.]
Sorry for generalizing here, while most of the female drivers are as I stated above, there are many well disciplined and good female drivers too on the road.

I have seen some females (girl) in bhopal driving real reckless but as good as any boy can.

Bhopalis have really got the genes to drive good. Almost quarter of local youths drive their bikes without headlight (if you know what I mean and why it's used for).

Nipun said:
The last point is the major cause of chaos that exists on our roads.
1. Having a driving license has nothing to do with how one drives/behaves on road. Holders create trouble for others while people without driving license may be disciplined. Having a driving license cannot decide sanity of a person, not in India atleast.

Again, Having a Driving License, has nothing to do with the Driving sense. What i meant was "Easy acquirement of a Driving License. Bribe, if you can't get one." Its very simple to get a License, without adequate information on "How to Drive ??"

Nipun said:
2. The main reason for no fear of law - in Delhi atleast - is because of "Jaanta hai me kon hu/mera baap kon hai". Everyone thinks they have the right to break the law(and bones of others too!) just because a distant relative is a police officer.

It's the same case across all over India.

Nipun said:
3. Initiative is shown by Delhi Traffic Police to teach people about traffic laws and sense, but most ignore it. Regularly there are ads in newspapers regarding lane driving, using helmet/seatbelts, having proper number plate etc. but most people just ignore it. They post such images on their FB page too, but most of the comments say "Why should we follow traffic rules when you cannot stop taking bribes/prevent traffic jams?". They just don't realize it's for their own good! Indians want situations to improve without doing anything. The other person should do everything, why should I even move?

That's due to the stereo type thinking & being a Lazy-arshe.

Nipun said:
4. Common sense and discipline plays the most important role. And it's very rare. Even the highly educated folks don't know public discipline and manners. While most people link common sense/discipline with education, I differ. It's about how an individual is raised in the family by parents/guardians. I and my classmates go to same school while I am far more disciplined("shareef) than them. Just because their parents don't show any discipline themselves, have never taught manners to them and have no fear in their child's mind, they do all wrong acts. From underage smoking to drinking and driving. If people become disciplined, almost all problems prevailing in our society will get solved.

It won't happen in India. Period..

Nipun said:
This is one of the things I hate the most. They drive at 20kmph in high-speed lane & 70kmph in left-most lane, stop in middle of the road, lanes are non-existent(that's for all drivers though) and what not. And if they crash into someone, it has to be their fault. "So what if I am talking on phone, have music on maximum, had 65km/h speed without any seatbelts and was applying some lipstick on my face? It's your duty to keep an eye on the road. You need to pay for the damage I caused to your car". [Never experienced this personally but have seen countless times.]
Sorry for generalizing here, while most of the female drivers are as I stated above, there are many well disciplined and good female drivers too on the road.

Again, its just an observation, nothing was being generalized.

Nice points btw..:thumbsup:

P

I live in Vasai and its a small suburban city so as to speak .. but its a nightmare everytime i ride to Mumbai ... People had warned us that Delhi drivers and riders were lunatics blah blah but when i was traveling on a motorcycle locally there i felt that the riding and driving was much more decent .. especially the highways.. these are big roads I'm talking about and not gullies. I kinda felt ashamed as I was quite convinced of bad driving habits of Delhiites .. Shame on me... I travel 100kms everyday to and from work so its a daily battle against idiots OLD and YOUNG just to stay alive...

Unable to find the news link to this incident now.

*www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/street-experiences/1185528d1388594755t-accidents-india-pics-year.jpg

The scooter rider tried wheelies on New Year which went out of control and took the riders life. The sad part is he also injured two other commuters. :banghead:

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