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| ![]() I watched this video on You Tube, and realized the US roads are no better than our roads, if what is shown is true, not that it makes me happy. mods : If this video has been posted earlier, then kindly delete. |
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Two things. First, this video is completely concocted. One could take best and worst driving scenarios and put them side by side like that, with footage shot in the same country. Even in India, one could take footage of comparatively orderly traffic moving freely on a comparatively smooth road, and compare it to some scrum in the pot holes. The video may have had good points to make, but ruins it by using bad visual arguments. It's the sort of thing Whatsapp loves! |
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| ![]() Chennai Road Manners - Two intelligent two wheelers taking a wrong U turn suddenly at the beginning of the fly over. |
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I suppose the Swift has made an illegal U turn, but I also noticed you seem to have turned off your head lights and forgotten to turn them on again. This serverly affects your visibility to others. The junction doesn't seem well lit and it's very hard to see a car without its headlights on. Which is why I never turn them off at signals. Make sure to practice checking your lights if you have a habit of turning them off at signals. |
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The head lights were not turned off however just changed to low beams while waiting at the signal. | |
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Notice your headlights on the Zest? ![]() Now see how there is nothing on the Zest. If you had turned low beams, headlights would still have been visible on the Zest. ![]() | |
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Why were you driving in the city on high beam? | |
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No actual fog in this part of India: I call them pot-hole lamps! (I'm talking about factory fit, properly adjusted, not stuff that people fit to bars, which are more like spot-lamps, and usually badly aimed as well) | |
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Having driven in both places - I have to say they're quite similar. US does have its bits of horrible driving such as in NY, but for the rest of the country it's superb! You will hit the odd pothole, but it's very patient and people follow the rules very well. Germany though is more disciplined no doubt, which is why there are lesser accidents so to say, but at the same time - I found a lot of US Highways to be smoother than some stretches of the autobahn. Lastly, I read somewhere that more often than not, a driver driving at a higher speed (Germany) is more attentive than someone cruising along (US) which could also explain the accident rates, as well as the fact in the US - the highways get monotonous very quick, unlike in Germany. I am guessing he means parking lights by low beam, and regular beam (in place of high beam), judging by the throw and angle of the light. Quite a lot of people do it when they stop at a light to not bother cars in front of them - especially when you're first in line. Last edited by lamborghini : 3rd April 2018 at 14:46. | |
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| ![]() Matured, but not ripened yet. ![]() Suicidal Granpa. Not an ounce of common sense to observe the density of traffic. Living on the edge or should I say edge of Activa seat !!! ![]() |
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