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But if the same had to be done in a highway which I am not used to or know much about, i would think twice as safety on the route would be of prime concern. | |
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| ![]() this is actually a trick question. Most folks who live in hilly regions say that night driving is good as you can easily see the head lamps of the on coming vehicle at the turns. During day times, they rely on honking. And some guys (especially those from Coorg) are such night time punters that they will tell you the type of car approaching and judge accordingly! (i kid you not). For me, i have glasses, and tend to twitch my eyes after keeping them open too long. So i would definitely prefer day time driving any day! |
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| ![]() I love driving any time . We all do, dont we ? Thats why we are all here. I used to do a lot of long trips with my friends driving at night. But when it is with the family i would stick to the daytime. Night driving can be very enjoyable on four lane or six lane highways with medians to rescue you from the high beams of other vehicles. Helps you cover long distances with lower stress levels. But on two lane roads with no medians it can be very stressful to drive at night. On planned trips i prefer daytime driving, but in case of emergencies you might not be able to avoid night driving. KEEP DRIVING SAFE DAY OR NIGHT ! |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I drove all night last night. NH4. Truckers were amazingly helpful and quick to respond to dippers. Less traffic so made home in quick time. Only thing to beat is fatigue and sleep. |
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My experience is that truckers are the most decent and most predictable of all people on the highways. Long-distance buses, tractors, smaller trucks, tempos are a big pain. Bikers are plain suicidal! |
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+1 truckers are cool. But the bus drivers are the pain value, they dont let you overtake, come in at the wrong time and make unpredictable moves day or night. |
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| ![]() Worst of the lot are the mini tempos. Also called cuttiana (small elephant) or thotti auto. They reach upto 100 kph and have no brakes. Bus fellows are good as long as there is no vehicle ahead of them, the moment they see something in front, they occupy the whole road till they overtake. and tractor drivers, especially the combines are blind. I prefer to start at 2 am. All the buses would be halfway and I'll have to cross them early in the morning when they'd be near their destination and tired. and the other riff-Raff is not around. On the plains, trucks are fine. On ghat sections trucks overtaking one another can block the road for many miles in spite of warning for heavy vehicles to stay to the left. |
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| ![]() IMO Night driving is best avoided for the following reasons - 1. Poor visibility, hence increased chances of accident 2. Chances of getting help in case of breakdown is almost NIL. 3. High chances of getting waylaid/dacoity/robbery even on tolled roads. 4.High speed/Rash driving by others would result in compromising your safety. So I prefer to start driving earliest by 5 am and stop driving latest by 9 PM. |
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| ![]() True but like PP also said - Quote:
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2. My experience with daytime breakdowns isn't much better ![]() 3. Complete and utter crap - atleast this side. I've even done some parts of western UP at night so I'd completely disagree. Small village/minor roads - maybe in UP - else no way 4. Sorry. Much lesser vehicles at night = lesser botheration. Daytime = more high speed morons on same road + unlimited village bumpkins darting across. Most of my ~22k on the highways arnd delhi last year (excl commutes) in car, and almost all the biking (~30k km arnd Ahmedabad, ~10k in Delhi) was with late night starts which never pinched at all! How does the scenario change for you - i'm curious. esp since i'm sure i'd work in blr for 1-2 years in the medium term for sure! | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() One thing about night driving on good well marked and reflector equipped roads is sleep. It gets monotonous and if you don't have something or someone to talk to you tend to get sleepy. If roads are bad and broken you are kept awake anyway. |
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well i face this problem more during the day and specially after lunch..lol |
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