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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wellington
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No matter which lane you are in, you have to keep a close watch on your mirrors on who or what it is trying to get ahead of you. Some are careful, most are not. As you know, tailgating is common and the biggest worry. I have to admit that I am forced to do it myself, most of the time cause of the impatient driver behind. This is the stretch I fear the most during my commute and this applies even when you head the other way too. Last edited by sandeepmohan : 9th February 2016 at 21:56. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bangalore
Posts: 205
Thanked: 125 Times
| ![]() Another irritant is pesky 2 wheeler riders and small transport vehicles moving in the wrong direction. They along with parked vehicles occupy more than a lane. It's like their birthright to do that. |
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BHPian Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Bangalore
Posts: 84
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| ![]() Is Prestige Tech Park turning in to another Ecospace ? Yesterday at 6:40 PM, the jam at the rear gate started from inside the campus itself. By the time I crossed Kadubeesanahalli bridge on ORR, it was almost 8 PM. 1 hour 20 mins gone. Exiting via front gate and going all the way to ISRO on ORR to take U-turn would have been faster, maybe. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
Posts: 2,158
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If all these aspects had been addressed at the time of building the tech parks, the city would not have witnessed the jams as we see almost everyday | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Late Alert: A multi-axle truck has broken down in front of the HSR BMTC Depot / Mantri apartment. It is on the fast lane, going towards Sarjapur / Marathalli. I passed the scene at 6:50 AM, and jam was building up. Not sure if it has been moved by now. You can take a Free U-Turn (albeit that ramp is choked most of the time due to no roads) on top of Marathalli bridge, and join back ORR in front of Innovative multiplex. Last edited by Soumyajit9 : 10th February 2016 at 07:52. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Bangalore
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I joined ORR at the HSR Indian Oil bunk (which is after Mantri apartment) and did not find any signs of traffic jam. I passed this place at around 7.35 AM | |
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People coming from silkboard side might have faced the jam. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
Posts: 6,347
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| ![]() On-Road behavior in the city only keeps getting worse. Incidentally, there were few posts recently on cops and drivers losing cool: Quote:
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bangalore
Posts: 1,390
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1. The home guards I see in Bangalore do not seem to be physically very fit, and nor do they look very "police like". Yes, they are more like daily wage workers, who get a paltry sum as wage every day. So with such work conditions, any one who can find another job avenue would go there. 2. Their uniforms are distinct from the police officers, and generally do not seem to be well maintained. Perhaps the poor wages these folks get, makes the dress maintenance too costly. Any security/safety officer with a poor "turn out" does not give a good impression of authority & respect. 3. The entire world knows that home guards do not have any major policing powers. And in many cases, these poor folks also do not have any communication equipment (like the walkie talkie) to summon help if they are attacked. They are sitting ducks. KL has a system of Home Guards, which seems to be better poised for the job they do. The differences:- 1. The Home Guards are all ex-servicemen. Most of them would have put in at least 15 years of military service, which shows in their physique and bearing. So if push comes to shove, many of these folks can give a fight back. 2. The uniform of the Home Guards are very very similar to the ones worn by the Kerala Armed Police (K.A.P) constables. So much so that say from a distance of 20 feet, no one can make out if the officer ahead is a Home Guard or a regular policeman. The blue peak cap, the khakhi shirts and pants, white belt and regulation boots all are similar. Only difference being the cap badge, the shoulder badge and the belt badge (which no one generally focus on). 3. There seems to be a very clear message from the top that Home Guards should be given adequate help and support, and cannot be treated as a daily wage labourer by rest of the force. In very many towns and cities they do regulate traffic, and have been given the same wireless sets with the local police channels all configured correctly. Patrols and beats etc. also are staffed with policemen and home guards, and they have to work together. It is more like the public need not bother who is enforcing the law, but just keep going. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Jam Alert : At about 545 pm today (10feb), Mahadevapura flyover on ORR towards KR Puram fully jammed.All Escape routes also clogged with traffic, not sure what the reason is. |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bangalore
Posts: 205
Thanked: 125 Times
| ![]() Yesterday(10th Feb) a drive from Namdhari's (80ft rd. Koramangala) to home in Hoodi took 2 hours. Started around 7pm and reached home only at 9pm. Probably I choose the wrong route. Took inner ring road -> airport road -> doddanekkundi road to ISRO junction on ORR (major jam: took 45 minutes for some 400m) -> Whitefield main road. Probably going through Indiranagar and old madras road would have been quicker. But radio said that there was slow moving traffic on old madras road |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() Today, I was haunted by garbage trucks. 1: Lost 10 min, waiting for a garbage truck to unblock my car (they park in front and do their waste segregation!) 2: Stuck in a queue as a mini garbage truck broke its axle 3: Another garbage truck in Koramanagala holding up traffic in the wrong lane |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London
Posts: 455
Thanked: 569 Times
| ![]() The Railway Crossing on the Chinnapanahalli Main Road (after ISRO U Turn) has become a breeze due to few voluntaries directing the traffic. I cross the railway gate everyday at around 10:30 AM and have been surprised by the discipline the people are showing. They have been there this whole week and not sure how long these voluntaries will contribute, but I can't thank them enough for saving 20 mins of my drive time. ![]() Regards Last edited by chandrda : 11th February 2016 at 12:08. Reason: Spelling |
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