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View Poll Results: whats ur peeve on the road ? - 5 things that torture u when driving
taxis & autos 103 75.74%
best & st buses 1 0.74%
trucks & trailers 6 4.41%
pedestrians & cycles 21 15.44%
the trafic cop 5 3.68%
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Old 15th January 2008, 19:24   #31
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All types of public transport vehicles!
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Old 15th January 2008, 19:36   #32
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In Bangalore - it is the cabs and autos!! Cabbies think that the road is theirs and auto drivers are the selfish to the core - moving at 5 kmph in (blocking the traffic behind) when they want a passenger and cutting lanes to get ahead 'somehow' when they have a passenger in it!
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Old 15th January 2008, 20:14   #33
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A.U.T.O.S

I could write a book on their moronic driving capacities

1) Going at 20 kmph with no space on the right or left lane to overtake
2) Taking a U turn without looking behind
3) Trying to squeeze into a cycle gap in peak traffic
4) Braking hard to stop for a passenger
5) Doing the Slalom test to avoid a lil stone or pot hole
6) Scraping your vehicle and arguing that its your fault

I can go on and on
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Old 15th January 2008, 21:43   #34
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The Traffic Cop ofcourse, the root cause of all the follies created by all of the above.

While most of the outrageous acts created by Taxi's, auto's, padestrians and others are a direct result of the lack of traffic awareness and/or the lack of respect for the other individual, across the general population whether educated or otherwise. The traffic cop could actually be looked upto to show the correct way, as he is the person we all expect to know it all.

Yet, he would stand in a corner looking out for most optimum vulnerable victim, letting all those who are really creating the menace go scott-free. There is hardly any return on the time invested in booking them.

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Old 15th January 2008, 22:23   #35
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Nothing is worse than the great Indian Auto rickshaw. It's terror on 3 wheels, independent of all traffic rules.
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Old 15th January 2008, 22:52   #36
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I really dont mind autos and cabbies. Whatever they manage to pull, its done in a sec or so. What really drives me mad are those a ho's who stick to the middle of the road , then travel at a leisurely roll. With a pack of other cars behind them, and the open road ahead. One of their breed can infuriate you for hours altogether .....
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Old 15th January 2008, 22:59   #37
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Quote:
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A.U.T.O.S

I could write a book on their moronic driving capacities

1) Going at 20 kmph with no space on the right or left lane to overtake
2) Taking a U turn without looking behind
3) Trying to squeeze into a cycle gap in peak traffic
4) Braking hard to stop for a passenger
5) Doing the Slalom test to avoid a lil stone or pot hole
6) Scraping your vehicle and arguing that its your fault

I can go on and on
How can we forget...
7) Two to three autos going side by side, there by blocking even a two-wheeler
8) An auto driver pushing another auto with one of his legs.

I also feel that they do it purposefully when you honk. They just want to create a bottleneck in the speeds of other vehicle. Most of these morons are frustrated in life to the core, making our driving miserable too.
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Old 15th January 2008, 23:07   #38
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8) An auto driver pushing another auto with one of his legs. .
Monkeys dont even know the value of their leg...
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Old 15th January 2008, 23:12   #39
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L-board drivers, autos, buses, lorries which are over loaded and of course people who does not move from right side even though they are going at snail's pace.
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Monkeys dont even know the value of their leg...
Exactly... what happens by chance if a vehicle rams into the auto being pushed...
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Old 15th January 2008, 23:14   #41
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In Bangalore it must be Autos and Two wheelers (in those congested old city areas)
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Old 16th January 2008, 03:42   #42
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Helicopters

They make a lot of noise, on top of it you cannot seem to judge where on the road they will fall.
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Old 16th January 2008, 04:07   #43
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Helicopters

They make a lot of noise, on top of it you cannot seem to judge where on the road they will fall.
Helicopters falling on the road?? Were there any incidents like this?
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Old 16th January 2008, 07:52   #44
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Wanted to select all the options since all are pain in the ###, BUT....
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Old 16th January 2008, 09:24   #45
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Three wheelers, two wheelers & busses take it in any order.
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