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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Witnessed this at a traffic signal yesterday. The car sticker says ARMY, I hope the driver was not an army man, else how can someone be so stupid and indisciplined. Or else he would have thought he was participating in a ‘surgical strike’ which made him cross the ‘boundary’. |
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| ![]() I have been seeing such instances fairly regularly at the bridge near Kasi theatre, Chennai. Two wheeler riders seem to be saving a lot of time riding on the "median" from both sides. I wonder what they would do if two of them decide to "climb" on to the median and ride towards each other. The slope that has been provided at the start of the median "helps" such riders to get on and off. |
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Holy Crap! That is ridiculous. She probably wouldn't be dead as the car was slow, but you never know what happens in these situations. Just one second of carelessness would have been doom for her. |
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Yelling "who gave you a license you $W^$@^" tends to get an outraged reaction. One chap who did this yelled back at me that he was a driver with ten years experience. |
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| ![]() Witnessed a scary scene today - was in my friend's car on rightmost lane waiting for green light to turn right onto Siddapura road towards Jayanagar. There was a Dzire next to our car also waiting to turn right. Suddenly we heard loud voices, shouting and giggling and saw 3 young boys (looked just out of school say 16-17 years old) riding an Activa scooter (none with helmets of course!). The Activa whizzed right in between our car and the Dzire, hitting the ORVM of the Dzire and just then light turned green, so we thought the scooter will turn right. At this moment, some of the cars and scooters started turning right and the Activa went to the left in front of cars that were turning and they headed straight onto Hosur road. Once past the junction, the boy riding the scooter lost control and hit another scooter and all of them fell down. Luckily no vehicles behind them, but the boys reacted quickly and tried to flee on their scooter. Two of them sat quickly and started moving and the third boy tried to jump onto the seat, lost balance and feel face flat on the road. The other two just looked him and zoomed off and the boy got up quickly and ran into the cross road nearby leaving the other scooter rider dazed. He just watched all the drama, got up slowly and ambled away on his scooter as if nothing had happened ![]() We're past redemption, I really don't have any hope that our people will change for good, very sad indeed! Last edited by NPV : 8th June 2019 at 16:08. |
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| ![]() At the 7 second mark, you can see this family of 3 on 1 bike entering the main road / bridge quite unsteadily. At the 25 second mark, you can see the child standing on the bike seat as the bike merrily bumps along! Dangerous family!! I do understand that for many families, a bike is the most affordable means of transport. But isn't it worth investing in helmets and also ensuring that some safety precautions are followed when on a bike. That kid could have easily fallen on the bumpy stretch! A few other bad drivers I found on my dash-cam. The usual highway trucker driving on the wrong side: The usual bus on the wrong side of the highway: The usual Kallada scania bus bulldozing its way through the highway and almost pushing a car away The usual big vehicles almost boxing you in. I could have anticipated it better in this video: And the usual hasty driver trying to save a few seconds by barging into the fast lane: Last edited by BenjiRoss : 9th June 2019 at 16:41. Reason: Added more videos |
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| ![]() I almost agree with all of you. Like I have made it vocal in the past. All the ethics, disciplines and road manners start at a very young age and starts at home. Unless the person has a OCD for correction and willpower he/she shall believe whatever they think they know is right. I can't tolerate most ignorant drivers who have no clue of many aspects of driving and road etiquette. Everyday we learn on the road. There is nobody who's an absolute omega. I moved out of Bangalore for the reasons of traffic and everyday ordeal. I absolutely hate Bangalore traffic and manners. Not that it is better here(Manipal-Udupi) but the density of population and vehicles is still within the threshold. If I had a wish I would certainly ask for a skill to convince anyone and everyone the merits and flaws of life. Starting with road. My apologies if the topic is off topic or you might consider this a rant. I do hope we can see a civilized community in this lifetime at-least. |
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And yes - overall, bad driving sense is the bane of our times. It is a sad reality we have to live with. I wish we could have roving police patrol which fines bad drivers on the spot as it is done elsewhere. Last edited by locusjag : 9th June 2019 at 20:45. | ||
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| ![]() The trick is I'm an entrepreneur. My folks are into business and so am I. I move to cash in on a trend or opportunity. Bangalore has great food scene. And the non humid weather is a plus. I still have vested interest in Bangalore, but moved my address and natural habitat to my native. That is manipal. |
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Excellent maneuverability with little effort Little to hinder your peripheral vision unlike A pillars in cars With just a twitch of your muscle, you can change the angle of inclination and make a turn scraping your foot rest on the tarmac All the above factors assume that you have the skills and the intelligence to use them to your advantage. Unfortunately, 95 % of the riders you see on the road never use any skill and exhibit death wish. And the moment there is a pillion rider it turns into chaos. | |
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| ![]() This is not a one off occurrence. This is near the Nandambakkam police station, adjoining the Chennai Trade Center. Riders ride on the pavement, on the wrong side of the road, without a helmet and right under the noses of the the law enforcement. |
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| ![]() Riding on the wrong side of the road: Check Riding on the pavement: Check Riding without a helmet: Check Riding without mirrors on the bike: Check All boxes ticked. ![]() |
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| ![]() You can be a bad driver even when not driving on anything called "Roads". Call that obsession (others do elsewhere so I should do it too) or plain stupidity, the driver of this vehicle qualifies for a Bad Driver. What happened to the car? The news anchor is heard saying it was recovered later by a tractor once the waves settled. Last edited by paragsachania : 10th June 2019 at 18:10. |
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Oh so many advantages! In most of the world's cities, the biker will be home and will have made and eaten his dinner before the car driver gets there. And it will have cost a tiny fraction of the fuel. The urban biker is all about not getting held up in the traffic. Assuming, as you say, that Quote:
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