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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bangalore
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I have seen highly enlightened motorists wait to take a right turn at Sony world junction @ Koramangala despite a clear No right turn board. Some genuinely miss reading the board though and are apologetic when they are made aware of it, while many just click their tongues as in "who cares". | |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() I have seen cops there in the evenings, and have also noticed on one occasion that the inspector got down from his bike, walked down that side and made a few two-wheelers and auto rickshaws turn back. They were fuming at him :-) |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Does anyone have any idea on why the sudden long build up of traffic on the ORR at Kadubisanahalli junction (towards Marathahalli) in the past few days, especially in the evening around 5.30 to 8.00PM?? The reason for asking is lately they have closed the lunar cratered service road and the traffic is on the main road itself which is relatively better. The work at this junction still looks like it will take a 8-12 months atleast to be completed ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() I got t-boned on my way to office yesterday. I was on my bicycle, heading towards Wipro on Sarjapur road from Carmelaram. Near the Doddakanehanni cross, guy on a TVS Super XL suddenly comes out zooming and t-bones me. Both of us fall, leg gets stuck in between the two vehicles, with the wheel of the TVS still running. Horrid huge gash on my right leg. I guess I wont be biking for a few weeks atleast, let alone walking without a limp. ![]() I just don't get it. Why this apathy towards smaller vehicles? And I guess on a bicycle, just a helmet and gloves ain't enough in Bangalore. I need a kevlar full body suit. With crumple zones. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bangalore
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() One good deed that the cops are up to these days -- On ORR - after getting down the exit ramp from the Hebbal flyover on to the ORR - the cops are directing all truck traffic on to the service lane and holding them there till traffic eases! ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() thats bad! Its survival of the BIGGEST on roads these days, root of the issue is too many vehicles.... i feel one should be real brave to ride(cycle) in Bangalore. Quote:
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bangalore
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Or in my case, really stupid. My route is mostly narrow two lane roads except Sarjapur road. I should know better. Last edited by bblost : 9th December 2011 at 12:24. Reason: removed embedded youtube link. Thanks. | ||
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Get well soon. I been lucky so far. Only one near miss thanks to an idiot who overtook me with less than a feet to spare, came in front and then braked. Idiots. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Oops.. Thats bad. Wish you a speedy recovery. Very often, cyclists face problems from drivers of bigger vehicles who get a kick out of frightening cyclists. Last edited by hrman : 9th December 2011 at 12:56. |
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Anyway, hope the injury isnt deep. As for the junction you mentioned, that place is surely crazy, and will remain so till the state of the ORR improves. Get well soon. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bangalore / Toronto, Canada
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| ![]() The combo of ego and ignorance is disastrous; more so on roads. The road conditions and other driving habits just exacerbate the results. Applying brakes at the very last moment just before a potential accident is commonplace in India. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: bangalore
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| ![]() I have observed that the 2 wheelers tend to squeeze between the smallest of spaces at various locations like: bashyam circle signal coming from sanky tank side, the sagar hospital signal on bannerghatta road and udupi garden signal in BTM or even the st.john's signal in koramangala. But what is surprising is that if there is a big car (read: skoda, merc, bmw or a SUV) these two wheelers wont even go any way near to it! but if its a maruti/hyundai/tata/fiat etc they squeeze as if its their birth right without any regards for the car getting scratches. Why this preferential treatment?? ![]() |
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