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Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Beans Town
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Safety is of paramount importance to motorists as they endlessly talk about "tank" like build, innumerable airbags, fantastic grip etc.. I don't understand what's the point of talking about safety when the driving is such that it might endanger a bike, a pedestrian, another car etc. People think that driving in exotic rides in high speeds is a sign of being an ubermensch, an iconoclast so to speak, to me they are simply- foolish. Glad you took my post for what it was, and yes.. majority of them are in fact, well-educated and successful. Few are almost double the age of teenagers which makes the situation quite pathetic. There is scant respect for life for the average motorist.. the increasing cabs & thiskart thatkart.com delivery vehicles are making the situation much much worse. If BHPians indeed believe in the true meaning of safety and I think we do, we should be making a lot more noise than what we're already doing, it all starts with safe riding/driving.. safety features comes only next & everyone has to do it for it to work. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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| ![]() FOLKS: TRAFFIC ALERT A reasonably big sized branch of a tree has fallen on the Kundalahalli main road close to the signal. So users commuting on this stretch , watch out. |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: BengaLuru
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| ![]() Don't know why they cut the tree and just left it there. Didn't create a problem as such in the morning. Today I took the bus and thankfully nothing much of a jam. Holiday effect has me reaching from ITPL to BSK within an hour in the evening at around five in car. ![]() |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
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| ![]() What's the scene today at St. Johns- Water Tank Signal-Madiwala Market - Total Mall Junction like? Festival today and tomorrow and I already saw vendors and buyers blocking right hand side lanes beside the median and expecting it to get worse today like the Ganesha Festival time. Will be passing this section in an hour from now towards EC. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Cubicle
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Advice: If approaching from St. Johns side and wanting to go on to Hosur road beyond Silk Board, get into Koramangala near Forum/Raheja Arcade (6th Block) and keep going through Koramangala until Jakkasandra, and then hit the ORR at HSR signal. If approaching Silk Board on Hosur road and wanting to go past St Johns, then the stretch of Hosur road where all the private buses pick up passengers will be a bottleneck today from 7pm onwards till well past midnight. Avoid. If approaching Jakkasandra on Sarjapur Road, hang a right before Krupanidhi College into Koramangala to avoid Madiwala market. Last edited by KiloAlpha : 21st October 2015 at 10:00. Reason: clarity | ||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
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Was checking Google maps a while before and it seemed OK but I am sure one can expect huge pile up in hours to come. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() TRAFFIC JAM GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE AT MANYATA TECH PARK No personal experience but sounds terrible: http://www.bangaloremirror.com/banga...w/49472869.cms Last edited by itwasntme : 21st October 2015 at 10:26. Reason: URL |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bangalore
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
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Yesterday I sent here a map link to follow and approach Jakkur from the back gate and then reach Kodigehalli Jn via Airport road and that was much faster. Tech Parks, flyovers opposite to tech parks to ease traffic woes, Really?? I don't see a single example all over ORR where this(Flyovers or the design of it) has helped address traffic woes. Biggest of Jams in Bangalore are on flyovers. Hebbal, Nagavara, KR Puram, Bellandur, BETL. Being stuck on top is like the best feeling !! Last edited by paragsachania : 21st October 2015 at 11:00. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Gurgaon
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| ![]() I visited Bangalore city two weeks ago. First time being there. It was a Sunday. I noticed a couple of aspects. 1. The roads are quite narrow. 2. People seem to drive in lanes vs. NCR driving. 3. Most cars did not have scratches on the back. Here all cars are scratched. 4. The airport is really really far from Bannerghatta Road. 5. The flyovers are again narrow, and easily get choked. Really quick. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Gurgaon
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I found the traffic scenario better in Bangalore, because even with narrow roads it is a less of a mess. Here in the NCR most road widths are 3x or 4x vehicles per side of the median, and still we mess it up and have traffic snarls. Where as Bangalore has 2x vehicles width per side, though still seemed better off. No scratches on cars, is a clear indicator of this. People drive more carefully, and the "touch factor" is less, as compared to NCR. All cars are scratched here. Relative to Bangalore. Also I did not see any wrong side driving in Bangalore. Again, my perspective is grossly limited due to a short stint in Bangalore city. Bangalore has road shortage. Loved the weather, though. Fabulous. Last edited by asingh1977 : 21st October 2015 at 11:57. | |
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