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![]() Last Saturday, I was driving on Old Madras Road towards Ulsoor and came to a halt at red signal at junction of Indiranagar 100-ft-road and Old-Madras Road. I was the first vehicle to halt at the signal. I even had the time to engage hand-brake and slot into neutral. BANG! A dumper truck could not stop in time and rear-ended my car ![]() The driver of the truck got down angrily in the mood to argue with me (probably same old excuse/blaming the vehicle ahead of stopping suddenly at red signal). The moment I got down and started admonishing him in my (broken) kannada, he was aghast as though he didn't expect it. He made a lame excuse that he couldn't stop in time due to faulty brakes and that the damage to my bumper wasn't that bad anyways! *Kannada is not my mother-tongue but I can speak a little bit. And boy, it is useful in such unpleasant scenarios. On a lighter note, @audioholic, you are welcome to ride shotgun with me whenever we cross paths. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: KA 01, KL 11
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https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/stree...ml#post4624950 (Bad experience with a bike gang on the Coimbatore - Palakkad highway) Last edited by Lambydude : 28th August 2019 at 19:02. | |
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![]() Yes that was me and it was 4 years back, never held back then didnt hold it last week, As I said in the initial posts as well I have a temper issue but in both the cases I didnt hit first. The Pune police was good, they got the camera footage and got the accused in next few days and the onlookers tried to stop the fight and not put their hands on me or the other guy unlike the case here last week. but thanks for reminding me that I am a serial offender and not the rowdies who keep law and order in their wallet. Mods: I am sorry but had to reply to this as the blame game started. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Chennai
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As for myself, I'm guilty sometimes of starting fights which I do not intend to get into on the road. And then when a case of full-on road rage ensues, what do I do but bear the brunt of it and then moan about it on YouTube and over here? I am so stupid to (sometimes) get into fights on the road which I cannot finish. My point is that everyone is imperfect. It's just that you and I are laying our chests bare here for the world to see. I'll be glad though if you see the merit in not bringing your fists to what could be a gunfight on the road. Or should I reiterate any of the examples from Indian motoring history of the times when roadrage led some irate drivers to run over their opponents in a state of murderous rage? Stay safe. We mean well. | |
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| ![]() With road rage, there are no winners. Some may lose more than others, but nobody gets to walk away unscathed in slow motion with cheesy inspirational music playing in the background. |
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Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Beans Town
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| ![]() This is going off topic, but I'll respond to the road-rage issue in the interest of awareness for others on the reality of Bangalore traffic - yes, Bangalore has tons of blind, nearly psychopathic two-wheeler riders and autowale whose sole motive, to a passers eye would be to bump into others, or scare them off the road. Same with the plethora of Uber/Ola cabs. The reality is also this that I felt safer and much better on Bangalore roads than in Mumbai and even more so compared to NCR, the epitome of road rage. Another topic I'm familiar with is self-defense, and any one who is adept at it or is a professional martial artist, will tell you that without self-centering, there is no martial arts, it simply does not work that way. Mike Tyson who trained himself purely on the basis of his paleomammalian/limbic brain and has thrashed many a man inside the ring is now a vegan, raising pigeons and has a demeanor of an innocent kid. Yes the very man who would've sent multiple people to kiss the road in a fight, today refuses to be a part of it. Obviously, he's more self centered than ever, today. All I can say is that there IS road-rage, and there is road-rage. Even anticipating an attack like hand pulling or arms around the neck and preparing a counter-attack strategy IN ADVANCE is poor judgement. A martial artist who is completely self-centered will be like water, keep flowing but when the action starts just enough to disrupt the flow, the combat should be cold, calculative and directed towards restraining/stunning and moving on than just POW & BAM. Only a calm, centered mind can be capable of such feats, the limbic cortex disables the pre-frontal cortex due to the adrenaline flow, the trick is to repeat the martial art moves and joint manipulation/weak point strikes so many times that it kicks in automatically and even great speeds seem like slow-mo, this is possible only by keeping calm and using the eyes and the pre-frontal cortex. Winning a fight is easy, if you or the opponent has brass knuckles its game over in one move. The greatest reason why martial arts has been refined, practised and modified over ages, is so that both parties have an equal fighting chance and none can walk away all that easy. That is only as far as the stage is concerned, real life, it should be put away and not be displayed the least bit till its a matter of self-preservation. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2012 Location: Bengaluru
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| ![]() Having driven an XUV500 before, I've been temporarily using my BIL's i10. I noticed a big difference in fellow driver's attitude towards a small car. Those who know the Sarjapur Road - Gear School stretch may understand it better. When driving a small car, most of the drivers behind keep honking urging the smaller cars to go faster. I think it's mostly aided by the visibility they have over small cars. I noticed even smaller car drivers keep pushing you. They are well aware the road is pathetic and I'm not intentionally hogging the lane but in their perspective, if the road is free, you have to go faster no matter what the condition of the road is. So it seems the government's inability to provide proper roads and impatient fellow drivers are contributing a lot to the big SUV sales. I definitely missed my XUV many times in the past week. Awaiting my Tiguan, I hope the treatment gets better if not to the same level as owning a Fortuner or Endeavour. ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bangalore
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Chennai
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And I seldom get honked at in my TUV 300. It could be as you said; the morons at the back cannot see over taller vehicles...but then again, there are quite a few of those who honk because they cannot see over it ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: bangalore
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Bengaluru
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We should all be ashamed of the fact that fellow Indians decide to treat other Indians differently. I have spent considerable amount of time in USA, Canada, Europe and Australia, everywhere driving across the continent. Never ever have I been treated in any unfair way. I was always treated with respect. That respect is missing. Across India. I am originally from kolkata but I regularly drive across India. I have faced my fair share of language discrimination in bangalore. Situation is even worse in kolkata. It’s bad everywhere. Comparatively speaking I think bangalore is also a place with many wonderful people. It’s mostly the cab drivers or people who migrate from nearby villages who create unnecessary issues. Not sure. But bangalore is better definitely compared to kolkata or Delhi. I travel to north east frequently. People are wonderful there and they treat you with respect. Doesn’t matter that I can’t speak their language. Our discussion should not be focused on Bangaloreans vs non Bangaloreans. We all belong to the same country and every person from every part of this country should be treated with respect by other person. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() The thing I can't fathom is the number of speed breakers on B'lore roads: there are almost 3 to every street and those on steep inclines must take the cake!! |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Average commute speed in Bengaluru drops to 18.7 kmph Survey stating the obvious facts here. Once I have also managed to attain a very high average commute speed of 10 kmph : ![]() |
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