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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() I had a pathetic drive last evening in Bangalore due to the rains. Spent 1.5 hours in heavy traffic as against 30-40 minutes on a normal day. All the 1st gear, neutral, 2nd gear and a hard clutch did not make life any easier. I keep wondering, why does rain make traffic come to a standstill in Bangalore. Still not got an answer..:-( |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() What I have noticed is during rains, the traffic warden takes shelter and traffic at the junctions goes for toss. Its not until the police (with an umbrella or when the rain stop) or a volunteer tries to restore sanity for traffic flow. But by the damage is done - the bottleneck is created and the ripple effect takes few hours to return to normalcy. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore
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Also, the fact that the roads look like they'd turned into war-zones doesn't help matters. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Morning rain - many people who otherwise come by 2 wheelers and public transport take out their car's. So more vehicles on the road leads to jams. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() One more reason for some roads being clogged during rain- Yesterday while going back home, there was a huge jam near Mekhri circle - reason being hundreds of two wheelers taking shelter from rain underneath the underpass, occupying more than half of the road. Same could be seen on Hebbal flyover too, two wheelers riding towards airport side, taking shelter under the ramp which goes towards KR puram, blocking half of the already narrow flyover! |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() I recently moved from Jayanagar to Kalena Agrahara on Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore. Apart from (1) The slow moving route towards Jayadeva Flyover and the crawl towards Silk Board via BTM layout or including deviations through Madivala Lake, (2) The exorbitantly expensive and long route using NICE corridor and BETL road combinations and (3) the impossible to traverse narrow roads via Devarachikkanahalli, is there any sane and motorable alternative from Bannerghatta Road near Meenakshi Temple to Hosur Road and onwards to Silk Board. A 8 Km difference in my commute to office (at Domlur) has increased my commuting time each way by 45 minutes. It is an unimaginable feat in civic planning that such a huge parcel of land between these two main roads do not have a decent road in between, or am I missing some road which any experienced BHPian can guide me on. |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Came across this news http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...diot-sign.html I wish something like this could be done here in Bangalore. So many bikers here take the pavement option all the time. This can be a very solid deterrent. Innovative punishments like these are really needed here. Request to mods: Please move this to appropriate thread (if such a thread exists). This post is about wrong driving and the punishment for that awarded by a court in US. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore
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If the prices of fines remain Rs. 100, it's not going to be a deterrent in any way. | |
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BHPian Join Date: May 2012 Location: Bangalore
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And one needs to be doubly careful when the rain stops after a sudden burst, as the shelter seeking 2 wheeler commuters will also join the road and will be in a real hurry to reach their destinations before the next downpour. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore
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Another way to curb this menace is to raise curb height to at least 6". If some reason it cannot be done, build 6" step on the foot-path, perpendicular to the road. PS: This solution is not wheel chair users friendly. But in the current state, no pavement is wheel-chair friendly. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Rain surely does something weird to drivers senses. Maybe a feeling of claustrophobia? | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Chicago
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| ![]() Is it just me or has anyone observed the massive increase in traffic on Bangalore roads ? I have noticed a consistent increase of 40 min of extra travel time since last week. If at 8.30 in the morning, the KR Puram flyover is clogged with traffic, then at what time will it actually be free ![]() |
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My office cab starts from Bellandur by 5.35 PM and I generally reach home by 7. But since the last week I've been reaching home consistently at 8! ![]() I was thinking traffic will be lesser this week as most North Indians prefer to go home for Diwali. | |
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