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Viewing The Road is the Finest Classroom!The Road is the Finest Classroom!
By abhimanyu
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Indian traffic is a great experience in educating yourself about driving skills and more. Learning begins by unlearning. Abhimanyu Singh provides a humorous view of the 'real road rules' in India. Indian traffic is a great experience in educating yourself about driving skills and more. Learning begins by unlearning. I have discovered this lesson while driving on Indian highways and roads. The driving schools teach you the traffic rules, one of which includes acting in accordance with the traffic signals. But if you were to follow the strict meaning of traffic signals and wait for the light to turn green, it would probably turn red again before you managed to go across! The new lesson learned is to jump traffic signals when nobody is watching! If caught, remember to use the name of some high official as your relative in the traffic police department. The police officer might salute you in public! If another driver gives you 'that look' - implying that you made a mistake changing lanes, remember to give him that 'stern, offensive, and agitated look that road-ragers wear' right back. I know from my experience that this works in Delhi traffic. Even if you know you were wrong, don't admit it when it comes to having those fracases with your contesting drivers. But you must admit your infractions -and even other's - when confronted by a policeman. The contrite demeanor may help reduce the amount of graft you have to shell out for the offence. Keep your vehicle and yourself safe - and your money when you must bribe traffic cops. Road safety is a skill learned when driving with the kind of road traffic we have in Indian cities - and handling the cops is an advanced topic. Both types of training go hand-in-hand, and we all have our cherished learning experiences on the roads. Indeed roads are the greatest schools on mannerisms (read, 'bad mannerisms'), 'driving ethics' and 'how to swerve your wheel when you suddenly wake' to your mistake or that of a fellow road user. Indian road traffic, be it in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, or Bangalore, is a great experience in road education. About the Author: Abhimanyu Singh is a contributing author to the website Easy Drive Forum: http://www.easydriveforum.com/. It is the first ever Indian Road Traffic forum, bringing Indian road users to a common platform, where they can discuss road safety in India, traffic safety, Indian traffic rules, as well as traffic in the cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and other Indian cities. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com |
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