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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Thanks Kiloalpha and Itwasn't me. I'm very clear now. I may take the longer route via Hebbal as I'll be reaching late night. It appears to be less confusing. By the way,I'll be staying the night at Golden Palms, Narayanpura, and tomorrow I need to scout around Dell on road # 2, Whitefield for decent PG accommodation for my daughter who's taking up her first job. I'd appreciate inputs on the best route to Whitefield, and the expected bottlenecks. If I start around 1130 am, how long will it take me to reach Whitefield/ ITPL area? Thanks. |
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From ITPL main road, its better you have some navigation since there is a wierd network of one ways. At Hoodi Junction you can take a left, and go all the way till graphite india junction where there is a compulsory left. This will get you right in front of Dell. Have attached the map: ![]() From KR Puram bridge, Dell will be around 30mins if there is regular traffic, but since I see you are visiting on a weekend, it could be lesser as long as there isnt a damn bus or truck stuck causing a huge bottleneck ![]() There are no signals this route but a lot of bottlenecks. Hence difficult to predict the time. From my office(MBRDI) to KR Puram takes nearly half hour if I leave at 430PM. However it is around 20 mins if I leave at 4:25. Hence, a lot can change within minutes. Coming back to our usual rant ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Many thanks, audioholic. Really helps a lot for someone new to Bangalore. I'm carrying my original docs and a PUC of August, just in case the notorious cops stop me for Life tax! May I ask how long will it take to reach KR Puram Jn from Golden Palms? Are there any flyovers to take or avoid on that route? I'm asking because the only road I've driven on is the one going straight from Hebbal towards Palace Grounds and then onto Brigade Road. I've never used that ORR. |
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If google shows that the Hoodi main road is clogged, continue straight towards prestige shantiniketan and take two right turns to reach EPIP zone. Since this is usually the return route it will be empty before noon compared to going to Graphite India and taking a left which is the onward route for all people coming from Marathahalli side. Hence, there are more chances of jams in route 1 like I have shown compared to route 2 below: Route 1 ![]() Alternate route 2 ![]() | |
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| ![]() Jam alert: Truck breakdown in front of the Mahadevapura police station, jam from Gopalan school till the police station. Truck was undergoing repair and police supervising it. Do check before heading in this direction |
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| ![]() Again no offense intended for those owning vehicles that are about to be mentioned, but I'm noticing that 2 wheeler riders, specially KTM Duke are absolutely reckless riders and look for every opportunity to zoom about at triple digits even in city limits and crowded roads at that. Also observed certain Skoda Rapid owners indulging in similar reckless driving. The same can be said about the Suzuki scooterette/Honda Activa riders who take every opportunity to carelessly zig-zag at peak speeds. Also there are certain heavily modded small cars (superficially) like Grand i10's & Zens indulging in homicidal driving. A Grand i10 with sporty stickers and loud exhaust was honking at me continuously in a crowded street, he then proceeded to turn with inches distance to his left and zoomed away by cutting off a few more vehicles in front. Firstly the Grand is no car to be doing such stunts in, if it were a track situation my stock Getz would be running rings around this car with a laggardly performing 1.2 engine. My frustration is with only the drivers/riders and not the modes of transport (which is natural), I'm observing a dangerous trend in this city.. speed, reckless pushing of the accelerator. Surprisingly the larger European car drivers with powerful engines drive tamely and normally while the "pseudo hot-hatch" drivers throw caution to the wind literally, endangering others lives. This room believes in safety so much that cars are being bashed based on safety-kit on offer, how about criticizing such drivers who resort to a form of road guerrilla warfare or should I say terrorism? Last edited by dark.knight : 17th October 2015 at 10:51. |
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| ![]() Folks Today I drove to Attibele to visit my wife's cousin. The Bommasandra flyover has been relaid while the Chandapura flyover has been dug. I guess it will be relaid soon. Till then one has to endure some rough drive. |
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| ![]() Traffic alert: BETL choked towards ECity till HGS. There's a broken down bus on the right lane. Keep to the left. |
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![]() Is it possible that the European cars are driven more sedately because they cost a bomb to fix/repair/repaint? I don't think we can single out any specific trend. Overall, Bangalore has become impatient e.g. bikers cutting across the Bangalore Marathon or the frequent funny and not so funny incidents. The city needs to calm down and for that to happen, we need better enforcement. We need a fully functional metro and a healthy presence of traffic policemen who are not busy cordoning roads off for VIP movements. MPs in UK travel by cycle, tubes and even cabs. Why do our MPs need a 4 car convoy? If he/she feels so scared to walk amongst the same set of people who voted for him, I personally do not think that person deserves that office. Lakes are being set on fire, people are being abducted from the city streets, 5 hours of power cut, the average Joe is really miffed. Unless the authorities choose to climb down from their crystal towers, things will continue to be grim and depressing. | |
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Only thing what I want to tell them is that, if at all they want to show off their skills let me show it on any race track, understand their bike's potential and behave responsibly on the road. Fact is that, all these mistakes are not done by an uneducated person, indeed done by so called "educated" folks and teenagers. | |
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