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| ![]() Another breed of hopeless drivers are the one's who start honking when 10secs are left on the signal countdown and if they in the first line at the signal actually start rolling forward. 10sec wait seems too much for them. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() The "flashing" disease is spreading. Last night, on the road connecting Pashan circle to University, which is a narrowish stretch, traffic was moving at around 40 kmphand this black 3 series BMW tailing me was flashing his lights every few seconds. I would have LOVED to give way but there was no room, nor was I holding up any traffic. The moment I spotted the road widen a bit, I very deliberately signalled a left, pulled over to the crub and came to a full stop so that the Bimmer and a few other impatient cars behind him could overtake. Wifey said, why not tail them and flash them instead? I said, then what's the difference between them and me? Funny thing is I caught up with the BMW again at the University signal ![]() ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TVM, BLR, HYD
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| ![]() Every day scene. All these impatient cabbies will come on the wrong side, flashing SOS indicator, honking continously and then block everyone including them. Best part is, even after so many years, they repeat this act every day ! ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Emerging Metro
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| ![]() Came across bunch of bad drivers, the first one in a Eeco with a bofors gun projecting out through the left front door.out and literally blocking the free left. He is waiting at the signal with his ride on two lanes. The M800 and the Bike are also doing exactly this. ![]() |
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![]() ![]() This is worse, but there many more much worse drivers, hanging school bags around, boot lid open - with stuff hanging out(not secured with ropes), trucks/Light trucks carrying iron rods without proper indication of the projection/overhanging rods. | |
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BHPian | ![]() Flashing the SOS indicator and putting your headlights on , is considered as entry permits to one ways. I was once confronted by a cabbie with headlights and indicators on, trying to squeeze into a one way. His logic was, " Cant you see, I have my lights on" ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pune
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If someone chooses to pick a fight where I am not at fault, I am not going to wait there to be looted. I will stop and pull over if I made a mistake or if someone is seriously injured. If someone else made a mistake, I will not stop. Example: On a really narrow market road, a man on the LHS of the road jumped onto the road from between two parked cars just as I was passing. Result was his elbow hit my left ORVM and it folded inwards. I had left enough space for a bike to pass and if that guy chose to jump so close to a passing car, I am not going to stop. I dont care if anyone tries to judge whose mistake it was. @silversteed, flashing to high beam or putting on the hazard lights has the magical effect of making the oncoming vehicles disappear. Or at least empower oncoming vehicles with auto braking capacity. this is what most of us seem to think. | |
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| ![]() Our country might be diverse. But there is unity when it comes driving habits. Driving must added as a factor contributing to national integration ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Now to the serious bit: The very concept of Pass flash was conceived for a very different purpose and is being used in India (I believe only in India) for saying that the one who flashes first gets the right of way! Well every country has its own set of driving codes and its better if we could find one such code in our law for the use of high beam/flashing/use of hazard lamps. | |||
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() ^^ A sense of humour is needed to deal with these problems on a day to day basis. Otherwise you are in danger of losing your sanity ![]() Check this blog post from the R2I forums. Navin shared it somewhere else, am posting it for everyone's reading pleasure. (Source) Quote:
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| ![]() I came across a perfect example of bad driver for two days. I hired a Xylo for a family event in Akalkot (325 kms from Pune) from a client who is in business of tours & travels. We left at around 4.00 in morning and reached 9.15 in Akalkot. The way he drove the vehicle would scare anybody in his path. On return journey yesterday in spite of being repeatedly requested, he wouldn't slow down. Every overtake would be like a high speed chase scene from movie. The vehicle coming from opposite direction would honk, flash lights, give hand gestures but he wouldn't give two hoots. I felt sorry for these people especially those on two wheelers. With work in progress at many places on the highway, the roads are broken, have humps, speed breakers, undulations, etc. But this guy would ignore all of it and drive at breakneck speed. Having graduated from driving an Piaggio Ape for two years he drove the Xylo is a similar fashion with all the ethics, sense, rules thrown out of the window. |
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