Courteous drivers on the road.

mmxylorider · 2nd March 2011, 15:21

Some days ago, I was trailing a NWKRTC bus on NH4 just after Hinjewadi. I was on my bike and made myself visible on his right RVM couple of time. No flashing/honking from my side (I have Minda trumpets mostly for stray dogs, blind turns and the frequent morons texting/riding).

About half a km later, once the left lane opened up, the bus moved over and the driver hand signalled me to overtake. Did not expect that to happen!!

rdna · 7th March 2011, 11:58

Happened yesterday. There is Metro work going on the entire Vijayanagar to Mysore road stretch. Just before I could take a turn from a signal, a truck with a long empty trailer moved into the road. Now, I would have to follow the truck for a good 2kms with a dusty trail. But, I was surprised when the trucker moved into one of the open barricaded stretch and signaled me to take over, while I was waiting. Waved a thanks and moved ahead

This was at 5AM in the morning!

smashnerd · 14th March 2011, 17:11

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Originally Posted by rdna

Happened yesterday. There is Metro work going on the entire Vijayanagar to Mysore road stretch. Just before I could take a turn from a signal, a truck with a long empty trailer moved into the road. Now, I would have to follow the truck for a good 2kms with a dusty trail. But, I was surprised when the trucker moved into one of the open barricaded stretch and signaled me to take over, while I was waiting. Waved a thanks and moved ahead

This was at 5AM in the morning!

Highway truckers have been observed to be courteous in general I think. It's the tippers and stuff you need to watch over.

Anyway, kudos to that truck driver.

amitwlele · 14th March 2011, 18:49

I encountered a courteous company bus driver in today mornings peak traffic. Can you beat it. I was shocked to say the least

The road to office from Wakad to Hinjewadi is a two lane road to start with which then becomes 3 laner after some distance. I was going on the left lane of the 2 laner and found that the guy in the front of me was a Learner with L board on it. Needless to say he was going very slowly. I could see that just behind me on the right lane there was this Company Bus following me. I gave a right indicator but did not really expect the bus driver to be patient and allow me to pass. I was waiting for him to ignore the indicator and zoom past me. But surprise surprise nothing like that happened. In fact when he saw that i was waiting for him to pass he sounded the horn and indicated that i can go ahead. I think he also noticed the Learning driver at the front holding up the traffic. This was a pleasant surprise. Not all company bus drivers are bad.

2nd March 2011, 15:21	#16
mmxylorider BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 969 Thanked: 691 Times	Re: Courteous drivers on the road. Some days ago, I was trailing a NWKRTC bus on NH4 just after Hinjewadi. I was on my bike and made myself visible on his right RVM couple of time. No flashing/honking from my side (I have Minda trumpets mostly for stray dogs, blind turns and the frequent morons texting/riding). About half a km later, once the left lane opened up, the bus moved over and the driver hand signalled me to overtake. Did not expect that to happen!!
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7th March 2011, 11:58	#17
rdna BHPian Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 181 Thanked: 7 Times	Re: Courteous drivers on the road. Happened yesterday. There is Metro work going on the entire Vijayanagar to Mysore road stretch. Just before I could take a turn from a signal, a truck with a long empty trailer moved into the road. Now, I would have to follow the truck for a good 2kms with a dusty trail. But, I was surprised when the trucker moved into one of the open barricaded stretch and signaled me to take over, while I was waiting. Waved a thanks and moved ahead This was at 5AM in the morning!
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14th March 2011, 18:49	#19
amitwlele Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 1,251 Thanked: 345 Times	Re: Courteous drivers on the road. I encountered a courteous company bus driver in today mornings peak traffic. Can you beat it. I was shocked to say the least The road to office from Wakad to Hinjewadi is a two lane road to start with which then becomes 3 laner after some distance. I was going on the left lane of the 2 laner and found that the guy in the front of me was a Learner with L board on it. Needless to say he was going very slowly. I could see that just behind me on the right lane there was this Company Bus following me. I gave a right indicator but did not really expect the bus driver to be patient and allow me to pass. I was waiting for him to ignore the indicator and zoom past me. But surprise surprise nothing like that happened. In fact when he saw that i was waiting for him to pass he sounded the horn and indicated that i can go ahead. I think he also noticed the Learning driver at the front holding up the traffic. This was a pleasant surprise. Not all company bus drivers are bad.
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