Are VIPs exempt from following traffic rules on Indian roads

They even block off toll booth lanes for these parasites so they can breeze through, creating massive inconvenience for others.

BHPian Mustang_Sammy recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Yesterday while driving towards Pune I saw a Maharashtra police Bolero weaving in and out of lanes with his siren and lights on, closely tailed by a giant (white, what else) BMW SUV (X7).

Although I was in the middle lane going at a decent speed the BMW kept flashing his lights at me to make me move (which I refused to do, as the right lane is meant for overtaking). He then passed me at the first chance he got, waving his hands and gesticulating angrily.

There was of course a white Innova filled with his security entourage who also roared past with the goons angrily leaning outside the window and telling me to move aside for them.

They even block off toll booth lanes for these parasites so they can breeze through, creating massive inconvenience for others.

Why do we tolerate politicians behaving like this? What gives them the right to break traffic rules, and why is their time more valuable than ours?

Here's what BHPian SR-71 had to say on the matter:

Nothing new, same old same old, we can cry hoarse as much as we want, but nothing is going to change. So what can we do ? We can perhaps give way and save heart burn and keep our BP in check :-). Compare our babu culture to this.

While this may sounds like a stunt, she really does drive around herself many times and in general with minimal security restricted mostly to her own vehicle, not an entourage. From what I read, she continues to stay in her modest 2 bedroom home guarded by just handful of DPS officers.

Of course we have had our fair share of such VVIP leaders who lead a simple life. Names from recent past that come to my mind are Manik Sarkar, Jyoti Basu, APJ Kalam, Manohar Parikar. Am sure there were more such leaders in the past, but I doubt we have any more such tall leaders standing...

Here's what BHPian wildsdi5530 had to say on the matter:

We cannot compare politicians from New Zealand or Western Europe to our babus. They are in peaceful countries with no threat to their person. All they have to do is their job in a public office.

Here in India like other conflict ridden states like East Africa, North Korea, etc, our leaders lives is in constant threat. Very our PM's convoy was stopped on a bridge and he was vulnerable. Every politician or govt official is a representative of our country and his life is valuable and needs to be protected by a convoy.

Here's what BHPian SPIKE_ARRESTOR had to say on the matter:

This is such a big menace throughout the country. Down south I see lot of these goons (with a flag on bonnet) honking, gate crashing and intimidating other road users to make their way through the traffic.

As this is a topic of public concern, does this nuisance qualify to be addressed through a PIL in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India - inconveniencing public due to VIP movement on Indian roads?

Spike

Here's what BHPian Dodge_Viper had to say on the matter:

Thumb rule. Always in case of such "huge" vehicles specially white or with local language number plates or some special stickers, always and always get out of the way. Why? Simplest of all reasons, they have nothing to lose, YOU have lot to lose.'

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