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Very true Abhinav. But have no doubts, the sticker was a genuine one. As for non-members sporting stickers, nothing can be done about it. If he is a member, then I sincerely hope he is reading this - Get a huge LIC policy in your name buddy for it will come handy for those you leave behind, if at all you do leave anybody behind.

hehe.. he provides the movies and i provide the stills; we can open a production house :D


yes, riding on the speed lane at slow speeds is my birthright! in front of Dell on IRR this morning:


to what lengths people go to get ahead! at Ejipura signal this morning:

Not leaving way to an Ambulance is Pathetic.

But isnt she correct technically? The lane markers at silkboard entry, state that the right-lane is for cars.

I would agree. How about sticking a new sticker on such cars "Moron onboard"? :D

I don't think they'd risk coming for the meet, in the first place. :D

Anyway, I highly doubt the black Scorpio belongs to an actual member of the forum.

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That's a great question.

I've been in such situations. Almost everyday actually :D and I've always wondered if I could take the liberty to educate my neighboring car on driving. Oddly, I'd realized later that people don't take kindly to friendly-criticism, if you will.

After all, it's only morally-correct to keep the left-hand-side RVM open at all times.

Yes that rule is correct, but in the event of an Ambulance trying to do good time to save a life, blocking it citing such a rule is pathetic.

It takes just a moment to indicate, to avoid confusion, and move out of the way of an emergency vehicle, before returning to the correct lane.

However, things are not always clear. Some people here may know about speed cameras in UK. They are automatic and the fines are expensive. One night, on an almost empty road, a very fast police car came behind me, lights flashing. I could only let it past by increasing speed way past the limit to reach a nearby wider stretch of road ... but there was a speed camera, and I was not prepared to go through the hassle of appealing against the fine. I maintained my speed until I past the camera, then put my foot down to get to the point where the guys could shoot past.

But the rule also says that under all circumstances you HAVE to give way to a car with a blazing Siren. The Delhi police can be seen even announcing this on the roads many a times specially on the ring road stretch outside AIIMS. Its hilarious to watch people scramble. The PCR is on a emergency call and in stuck behind some moron not giving way. They have a loudspeaker attached to the PCR. They wait for sometime to allow the Driver in front to move and give way but when it doesn't happen they loudly announce on there loudspeaker that " Gaadi number xxxx, if you don't give way then there is on spot fine of Rs 2000". Needless to say the car gives way in less then 5 seconds even if it has to jump onto the opposite side of the road. :uncontrol

I have seen this scorpio once only on bannerghatta road, and it was not a pleasant sight. He was very rash and a danger to everyone else on the road.

Did he have more than 1 sticker on his scorpio ? That should give an idea if he is a member or not, though it is not something that guarantees that he is a member.

Not sure mate. I just got a glimpse of the LTD sticker.

Even if the law had it mandatory, you would have been wrong in opening it, unless it belonged to your car. If we take upon ourselves the task of 'correcting' others, it would be mayhem.

This has happened to me twice, once with a Pedestrian trying to cross a multi lane road and other on a bicycle.

Both were indeed close shaves. From then on, I never 'allow' smaller vehicles to move to the left lane from the front of me.

I pass them hoping that they make it safely. I may look like a bad driver to them, but indirectly I'm doing them a favour.

Next time, you could probably check your left ORVM and allow them, but the better thing to do is just pray that they make it, honk gently and pass them :thumbs up

It's mayhem already!

moderately bad driving: misjudging the space needed for a U-turn and having to back up. (admission: happens to me sometimes)

Worse bad driving: crowding up behind a vehicle that is obviously going to have to do this, so it can't --- causing a jam.

Yup thats is one thing that most irritates me on the road ( ofcourse there are many others too). One can always judge if the vehicle taking the U turn will be able to make it or not. Anticipating it and giving him the space to reverse is the normal thing to do. But its such a frequent site to see the car behind parking itself next to the one trying to reverse. Then they start flashing and honking as if God will come from heaven and lift up the car in the front. Whatever little space is available acts as a magnet somehow for all the bikers who are in a hurry to squeeze through.