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![]() Why the police in Bangalore get no respect? | |
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| ![]() Another unusually quick drive to work this morning. Tin factory had no cops and choc-a-bloc traffic all the way till K R Puram Railway station-ORR junction taking 22 minutes and the rest of the drive via Hoodi and Big Bazaar junctions took 18 more minutes for a 40 minute drive ![]() 2 Large container trucks were parked near the Railway underpass causing slow moving traffic and a cop had just arrived and was looking for the truckers ![]() |
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| ![]() Having lived in Chennai and Bangalore, I can say with surety that the cops in Chennai are far more tough than their counterparts in Bangalore. Here I have seen people argue with the cops while coming down the wrong side on a one way road. Coming back to the bommanahalli junction, almost every day I see the cops taking photos of the autos that are parked in the NO PARKING zone, chasing them away. The moment the cop goes away from the spot, it is all back to square one. |
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The lethargic/slow life style may also have affected the police culture in the city, and they generally just do the bare minimum and carry on with their lives. And any major drives etc. requires real push from the higher ups. Police in TN generally are just the opposite. Off course low level corruption etc. is there, but they all get very uppity when their authority gets challenged. I feel they strongly believe in the policy that, in an area there can only be one rowdy - and ideally he should be the local police sub inspector. In rural areas (i.e out side the Bangalore city limits) policing again is a hit & miss case. Night patrols and beats are pretty much non-existent. You also would not see the superior officers (i.e Inspectors and above) actually being on the streets/roads. PS: The only folks who have some similar clout seems to be the lawyer associations in TN ![]() | |
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| ![]() From KR puram station junction all the way till tin factory bus stop, the way to avoid traffic is to be on the left of the road. That keeps moving. You get stuck in the right lanes and it will take much longer. |
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| ![]() You could have simply had a look at this thread Bangalore Traffic Police. Instead, you have engaged a Private Firm to come up with their findings from the 5 days experiment that you executed during the Investors Summit: Quote:
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Develop Heelalige and Bellandur railway stations, set up a station close to Manyata tech Park, develop Whitefield station as the hub for all local trains to start. All this could have been done earlier. | |
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| ![]() well.... this thread is FREE information, the PVT consultant would be 'paying' for being given the opportunity to tell them what we have been saying for few years now. |
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What you say is an absolute contradiction. Somehow only the police are relaxed and have a mild attitude and everybody else does not. At Bommanhalli signal, I saw this helmetless guy, talking on the mobile standing right in the middle of the road yelling at the middle aged constable when he asked him not to enter the wrong side. Couple of days back saw the same police guy receiving money from an out of state truck at the same signal. When the loyalty is for money, self-esteem does not matter. | |
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| ![]() Funny incident with BTP, though I wonder if it'd stayed funny if I didn't know the local language. The better half and I were out on a scooter a few months ago, and this traffic cop suddenly beckons me to stop aside. I haven't jumped a signal, we're both wearing helmets and haven't broken any rules, so I'm surprised. The following conversation happens in Kannada: Traffic Cop: "Yaaro neenu" (Who are you)? Me: "Yaaru andre?" (What do you mean?) TC: <surprised>"Local?" Me: "Houdu."(Yes.) TC: "Yaavuru"? (What place?) Me: "Yaake? Davangere". (Why? I'm from Davangere.) Him: "Yaarivalu"? (Who's She?) Me: "Wife". He tries to speak to her at this point, she doesn't know Kannada beyond everyday words/short phrases and says as much. Me: Avalige Kannada baralla sarige (She doesn't know Kannada very well). TC: Ibbru local ansalla. Neenu bili, Mrs. inna bili (Oh. Neither of you look local. You're so fair, she's even fairer.) Me: <no idea where this is going>. Yenaaru problem idiya Saar? (Is there a problem?) TC: Yenilla. License idiya? (Nothing. Have a license)? I show him my license and he waves me off, commenting to his partner: "local kano, Kannada maatadtaane, bili madam kooda (local, speaks Kannada, even the fair madam)". I wonder what happens to fair looking folks who are non-locals and can't speak the language. Last edited by Chetan_Rao : 9th February 2016 at 16:29. |
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| ![]() I wonder, why people consider driving on shoulder is normal or their birth right on nice road with vehicles speeding upwards of 80 kmph. BTW, posted speed limit on NICE road is 120 (between Bannerghatta and Hosur road). Even multiple cars with team-bhp stickers overtake from left on shoulder. |
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And you will see many such drivers - trucks, tempos, gas cylinder delivery small tempos, tractors, coconut carrying tempos who will shamelessly occupy fast lane of ORR driving at speed of 10-20 kmph. Really do not understand why they are reluctant to drive on left lanes. Most of the breakdown vehicles that I have spotted also happen to be in rightmost lanes! Last edited by JD1 : 9th February 2016 at 17:58. | |
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| ![]() These days cops are standing at the KEB receiving station near Hoodi on Whitefield road and stopping bikers where the pillion is not wearing a helmet. Today he signals a biker to stop. The pillion sitting behind shows that she is holding the helmet and he lets them go. How lame and pathetic. I go a little ahead and see 3 guys on a bike, none of them wearing helmets. I am sure they hoodwinked the cops and escaped. Quote:
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Constable: This is not Mysore (sees the KA09 registration). This is International Airport road of Bangalore. What do you think? You can jump signals? ![]() Me: I did not jump it. It turned red when I was in the middle. Constable: You did. Now show me your license. (I promptly present my license to him). Constable: (Looks around for a while) give me Rs. 100 and don't repeat this ![]() I pay him the money and drive away. Last edited by rohanak1 : 9th February 2016 at 21:09. | ||
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