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12th March 2008, 21:10 | #76 | |
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This is what we all do, when we are abroad, we drive as per the countries rules but the moment we land back home, we cut lanes, drive rashly, overtake on forbidden zones, exceed speed limits. Have you ever thought of the vehicle you just overtook from the left and cut across to overtake the next vehicle from the right? I might be a man driving at a normal speed with his family, who might have lost control and crashed due to the unexpected interrogation you made. Well, who cares, I have a premium car, and I am not from the west, I have every right to drive rashly and show “signs of individualism”. Steeroid, rules and boundaries are imposed by nations not just for others safety, more importantly ours. | |
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12th March 2008, 21:27 | #77 |
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| Heck. Having driven worldover for the past couple of decades, all i can say is: (1) If you need to drive at piddly speeds in your V8/ sportscar, stick to the American continent. (2) If you need to drive as on a racetrack stick around in Europe (3) If you are driving for an adrenaline rush, stick to India cheers: The roads are as good or as bad as you can make them to be(assuming everyone is awake when driving). We have the same set of crazies everywhere, all homosapiens. |
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12th March 2008, 22:29 | #78 | |
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and most highways in india are better than what the equally moronic 70kmph blanket limit offers. people should be able to drive at the most comfortable speeds they(and their cars) are capable of. I dont overtake from the left usually, but when there is a pansy in the right most lane of the highway doing 50kmph and not letting you pass, i overtake from the left.I have no choice. I'm sure most BHPians are like that. i doubt if there are any BHPians who drive rashly and wilfully cause other road users hardship. they break the rules because there is no other alternative. both situations are not ideal i.e- india's chaos and the over regulated western world. like someone else said on this thread, there needs to be a happy medium. | |
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13th March 2008, 17:13 | #79 | |
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14th March 2008, 09:48 | #80 | |
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14th March 2008, 11:28 | #81 |
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| Advocatus, dude, in my neck of the woods(Hyderabad) , people don't enjoy their expensive cars. The chauffer does. |
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14th March 2008, 17:31 | #82 | |||
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The prime reason is for safety. It is at this speed even if you encounter a emergency situation, a sudden breaking can bring the car to a safe stop. Studies have shown in the UK and worldwide that, at these speeds (70 mph) emissions and pollution are reduced. Quote:
R.geo, driving speed that is comfortable to you might not be comfortable to others. It is all about being courteous and showing respect to fellow drivers. In the UK and of course many parts of the world , if you wanted to cut to a right lane ( or left depending on the driving rules) , and a car stops in the opposite direction and gives way, you show a gesture with you hand saying thanks. I am sure you have done this millions of times while driving in UK, but how may times have you done this in India? We don’t do it because nobody else does it. Quote:
There would be millions of others who wouldn’t want to give their hard earned money to the police and the legal system to walk out of a case, rather, who like to drive safe at a normal speed who doesn’t think “ Baap ka road” but who thinks “ my children or parents might also be driving on the same road”. | |||
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14th March 2008, 21:43 | #83 |
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| Quote: @ajibba 70mph is safer than 80,I know that. but 60 is safer than 70, and 50 is safer than 60, and 40 is safer than 50, and....you get the picture. lets all cycle. no wait! thats not as safe as running! hmm... lets walk. PS- are doctors not allowed to drive fast? are'nt we human like any other professional? Last edited by rippergeo : 14th March 2008 at 21:46. |
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Did anyone here say that this is not the case? The point here is not whether we require rules and regulations - that particular point is one of the many that are being raised out here with reference to the thread initiator's original question. Kindly let the discussion proceed along the original lines. | |||
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14th March 2008, 22:03 | #85 | |
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W.R.T your last statement I will be glad to take it up with you outside this thread, because that observation stems from your posts not just here in this thread but elsewhere on the forum, too. Therefore it is best discussed privately - if you feel it is worth discussion, that is. Last edited by Steeroid : 14th March 2008 at 22:13. | |
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15th March 2008, 12:56 | #86 |
BANNED | Hmm.. a post about why high performance cars are not suitable for India starts off a brickbats galore- what a shame guys. Wasn't his supposed to be a purely automobile related question? why are people bringing in nationalistic passions to the answers, just goes to show how much emotional we as a nation are. The first few posts entirely concluded the question so to speak and the rest is all off-topic |
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15th March 2008, 15:42 | #87 | |
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If you leave out the Expressways, give me a small maneuverable car with just enough acceleration for both city and highway, and I will have lots and lots of fun on Indian roads. Don't need the bigger, heavier sedans or super-cars. Yesterday I started from Hadapsar in Pune at 8-55 PM and I was in Sion, 174 kms away, at 11-05 PM in my old Santro. That is an average speed of ~80 kmph through moderate traffic in a supposedly slow car, but cuts through traffic like a hot knife through butter. Come to think of it, it is not that much of a sluggard even on the Expressway, with its ability to cut lanes at will. More than good enough for me. Of course I would be happier if I had a more powerful car on most roads in the advanced nations. But on most Indian roads, it is not safe to drive the powerful cars to anywhere near their full potential. In my view the heavy acceleration these cars are capable of (which we all lust after) is a killer. Remember that the greater the acceleration, the more difficult it is to bring the car to a halt or to change course, in case of emergencies. We will see many, many accidents if people rip around in super-fast cars on our roads. Last edited by rks : 15th March 2008 at 15:45. | |
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15th March 2008, 16:11 | #88 | ||
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Was mentioning about emissions at 70mph and a reason why the limit was fixed...I dont know how (cycle - work) come into play?..again off topic. I am sure this again is sarcasm | ||
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15th March 2008, 16:32 | #89 | |||||||
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my contention is that those oppurtunities are more in india because of the lack of enforcement of speed limits. Quote:
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i can be driving at 40kmph through the city in a little hatch, and still have fun, and not worry about being photographed by the govt for speeding. for eg- the thread starter himself got ticketed for doing a piddling 34mph in a 30mph zone at 0200hrs.How silly is that? Quote:
as long as I'm not running anyone off the road, or making them swerve or panic brake,i think I'm being safe! people might disagree, but I think its logical. Of course it would be safer to stick to my own lane, and I'd rather drive in my own lane if i had the choice. but that option does not exist in india. you have to weave and lane change like mad to get somewhere on time. The thing is,I enjoy doing that. Quote:
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If you say that the car accelerated too fast for you to control it, you have no one else to blame but you and your right foot. there i agree, but that should be in our mind when we are driving a car that performs.but cars that accelerate well, usually are also built to handle and stop well(usually) | |||||||
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15th March 2008, 16:40 | #90 | ||
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Totally agree with you. Let’s stick to the original topic. | ||
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