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Old 27th February 2008, 10:49   #1
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Archimedes Indian Laws of Motoring

Though all of us are well verged with these laws, just wanted to pen down a few:
  1. "The Traffic Jam on an alternate route you which you take to avoid the jam in your normal route is always double then the jam in your normal route"
  2. "The time taken to reach your office is always half when you leave early then the time taken to reach the office when you leave late."
  3. "The chances of raining are inversely proportional to the no. of days since you got your car serviced." i.e. if your car is serviced today, there are 100% chances of raining.
  4. 'The horn will sound crisper and the shocker will not sound at all when you take your car to the mechanic for the inverse of both"
  5. 'While driving, you will find 'E-29' in the end of the lane and 'E-31' in the starting of next lane when all you are looking for is the house no 'E-30'
Pl. share if you guys know any more laws.

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Old 27th February 2008, 11:00   #2
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"The lady ahead of you signalling right will always turn to the left, and vice versa"

"On the highway, when the truck ahead blinks his right indicator, he is giving you way, but he also does it when he wants to turn right"
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Old 27th February 2008, 11:50   #3
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... chances of your relative's car stopping next to your car on a red light are:
-double, if your girfriend is with you
-triple if your girlfriend is hugging you
-100 times if your g.f is kissing you

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Old 27th February 2008, 12:04   #4
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"Your car will always rattle more and engine sound will be more, whenever somebody whom you want to impress with your cars performance is with you."
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:08   #5
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... chances of your relative's car stopping next to your car on a red light are:
-double, if your girfriend is with you
-triple if your girlfriend is hugging you
-100 times if your g.f is kissing you
You are correct!
A few additions to your points:

200 times if you are appreciating a chick in the next car
500 times when you are shouting out the family tree of an errant driver
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:13   #6
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"Your car will always rattle more and engine sound will be more, whenever somebody whom you want to impress with your cars performance is with you."
How did you know what happened to me ?!
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1) The car ahead of you will be the slowest one when you are in a tearing hurry

2) At Toll booths, when you change your queue, the earlier queue suddenly starts moving faster
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:22   #8
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"On the highway, when the truck ahead blinks his right indicator, he is giving you way, but he also does it when he wants to turn right"
Exactly. I never trust the right indicator signal as an overtake signal.
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:25   #9
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"The Signal Always turns RED when you want to show off the exhaust note from your new FFE"
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:25   #10
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2) At Toll booths, when you change your queue, the earlier queue suddenly starts moving faster
Even without changing the queue, your queue will move the slowest.

Unexpected time savings at 1 red light are offset by a traffic jam at the next.
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:31   #11
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The bus that overtake's you like there is no tomorrow will stop in front of you right after he completes !

The man/woman/child/animal standing on the side of the road will walk on to the road when you are well within 'danger zone'

The person to whom you stop to ask for directions is alway 'new' to the place!

When low on fuel, never miss out on refueling on the first gas station you see; the next one is not as 'close' as you imagine. - AKA - The frequency of fuel pumps is inversly propotional to the fuel remaining in your tank!

(Not for all cars) The moment you floor the accelerator to do a quick overtake, and expecting the vehicle to fly - the a/c compressor kicks in!!!
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"The Signal Always turns RED when you want to show off the exhaust note from your new FFE"
On a red light: you are in front, you have a beautiful exhaust note, a beau on the side is admiring your rid and you decide to rip when green.... chances of you vehicle stalling on green is 200%!
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:36   #13
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hmm.. I think its Murphy rather than Archimedes who came up with these laws..

Archimedes just ran off from the bathtub stark naked on to the streets shouting "Eureka.. Eureka"..However,with the current situation, it wont be long before someone does it at a traffic jam near u
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On an incline, the chances of that slow climbing auto stalling ahead of your car is 100%
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Old 27th February 2008, 12:46   #15
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"When you try to drive on low beams, everyone else around will be on high."
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