My recent visit to bangalore, was apalling to say the least.
I wasn't concerned with the number of vehicles, but the way people
drove in them. Its really a shame and reflects on the kind of people,
bangalore has become a place for now.
Jumping red lights, driving in every lane, left, right & center, riding on
footpaths to get around a waiting traffic light, incessant use of horn
just to get a few feet ahead of some other vehicle, no road courtesy or manners, like stopping for children and old people to cross the roads.
The list can go on and on and on, and its not in one part of town, its
everywhere.
I am not blaming the autorickshaws , or the lorry drivers. These are
uneducated folks, these guys have been known bad drivers for
decades. I am talking about the the pinheads who are well dressed, driving
nice cars and riding nice bikes, who behave in a very despecable manner.
If they are not driving, they are very happy to let their driver do their
dirty driving for them. These people reap of arrogance, with the
"me first, screw you" behavior.
How is that I can drive in bangalore from point A to B without having to use
the horn, or side swipe people, run over things, and cannot understand to the life of me, why people can't do that. I get to the same place in
pretty much the same time. Most of the traffic congestion can be fixed
just by following a simple logic. "
One after the other". Oh!! but everybody
is so self important, that they need to stick their metal into every gap
in the traffic they find, and wonder why there is a traffic jam.
It does not matter if you built 10 lane highways, these guys will still
drive like idiots. Unless, the society and its people has some form of self
discipline, its no use making a hundred different laws.
