This topic was posted at 14.56 and it's 22.18 now and just 2 replies! Now we know why the situation on our roads is so bad. None Cares! Anyway, I feel that instead of blaming everyone else for the problems on our roads, we need to improve first. Are we trying to say that we all drive perfectly? Let's improve first and then we can demand others to improve.
1. How many of us drive within our lanes where there are clear lane demarkations?
2. How many of us wait at signals till it turns green? In Vashi, signals have timers and ppl driving cars like Honda City, Ford Ikon etc. i.e. people like us, drive off as soon as the timer starts counting down from 10. What did they acheive? How far did they go?
3. How many Accords, Mercedes do you see stopping behind the stop line (where visible) at signals? If you try and tell the Merc owner about the stop line , zebra crossing he looks at you like either you are talking greek or have gone bonkers to talk about stop lines in India. And this same guy will drive ahead and criticise another car owner for driving too slow in the overtaking lane. (What the merc owner believes is the fast lane!)
4. How many times have you slowed down when you see a pedastrian crossing at a zebra crossing? if the guy is half way across the road and the vehicle signal turns green, do we stop waiting for him to get across? NO! We start our cars honk at him and start with a jerk to scare the poor guy off.
5. Why the hell do we Indians honk so much? i have never got an answer to this question. So many times when i m at a signal and it's counting from 10 to 0, cars behind me honk. What are they trying to tell me? Break the law? When i stand behind a stop line at a signal they honk. Why? [img]http://www.team-bhp.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/***.gif[/img] I don't believe ppl can be so dumb that they don't know anything about halting behind a stop line. And many times the drivers are pretty old. The kind who will proudly tell you that they have 25 yrs of driving expereince if you try to correct them.
6. Post 9.30pm in Mumbai, there are hardly a few cars that bother to stop at a red light. Why do we need to see a Pandu to obey traffic lights? are in school that we need a master with a cane to discipline us?
Lastly, what do these ppl think they are doing by breaking red lights at night?
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What is the message thats going across to their little child sitting on the seat next to them? The message is that it's ok to break laws if the cops aren't around. We have a whole generation growing up thinking on these lines and thats why i say the traffic situation will not improve for the next 150 years.
Everyone thinks he is right and the other car was wrong. What does everyone think he is? GOD , that they can't be wrong? These are few points that we as car owners and drivers can do to improve things a tweeny weeny bit. As for the other problems:
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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]the roads are bad infact pathetic *with all potholes |
Government employees have to understand that their job is to make good roads not to make money. Govt. needs to crack down hard on these "Ajwanis". And yes, let the authorities not make stupid excuses for potholes like too many heavy vehicles using the road! As if there no trucks in western countries!
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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]the autos and the buses drive like crazy lunatics |
Crack down on RTO's. Send all the officers to a nice western country so they themselves first learn to drive the proper way.
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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]the pedestrians cross the road anywhere they feel like. they jay walk gladly |
I always say this: Who says Pedastrians have right of way over cars in Western countries? They have it here too! Here they can cross the expressway too, something they can't do abroad. The only way is to pass a law: any person who gets hit by a vehicle while not using the zebra crossing or while crossing when vehicle traffic lights are green will have no recourse in law against the driver. There are plenty of subways in Mumbai and no one uses them. When they get hit the driver goes behind bars! It happens only in India!
* All of us, Government, RTO, car drivers, Pedastrians need to improve. In between there was talk to having a Mumbai CEO to take care of the city. If i was made one, the first thing i would do would be to cancell all licences issued so far!! Send all our so called "licenced drivers" to learn to drive the correct way.Desparate situations need desparate solutions.
I went over board with this. Sorry for boring you guys.