Sudipto,
Couldn't get better than this.
I will add a few more:
- When navigating through a city and looking for directions, ask the auto driver, but when you want to get out of the ciity, ask the long-distance lorry driver, never ask a passer-by.
- When in doubt, ask one, two, three persons and corraborate the exact direction.
- Elephant, bison and other wild life don't follow any traffic rules, you have to be watchful whenver you go through jungles/ santuaries. For example, one encounters them often in Bandipur/Mudumalai (Bangalore-Ooty), several places in Kerala. I had a terrific experience with a chaging elephant at the Jaldapara/Buxar WLS between Siliguri and Bongaigaon one evening, did not see teh guy till I was almost on it (and it charged), but luckily there was some extra width in teh road so I swerved and got away with a few inches to spare.
-Beware of the Indian lorry signalling systems - when they give a right indicator, you think they are turning right, but they are actually letting you overtake. When you think they are letting you overtake, they are actually turning right!
- make your overtaking/speeding judgements based on the type of oncoming vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you. Over a period of time, with experience, you will be able to form a judgement on what vehicle each vehicle can travel (say, a Tata 16 tonner going up a slope, or a Minidor taking a turn) so that your spatial judgements are better.
- Watch out always for vehicles without tail lights (most common) and offroad vehciles without any lights (like bullock carts and tractors)
Kumar |