In succession to this blog I've sought that traffic on the Indian roads are just because of lack of general awareness. The immediate effect was an accident I had last night for no fault of mine. That's a well acclaimed excuse but I own it up completely.
Thought this helpful
3 comments:
Nothing is gonna help maga ..... these guys are so sick that i sometimes believes or rather sees them as 5 year old kids. Unless some mentor holds a stick in their hands, beat to make them understand. Sometimes even I am fed up of following these traffic rules, not because i dont won't to but because I can't here those scoldings :)
With mora than a Billion people in India and less than 1/3 the size of USA - it's a MIRACLE to even see people moving on the roads. Here in USA with ALL the infrastructure available, they still find it difficult to move just 300million people. So whe u see the situation here, u'll probably feel better about the FREEDOM to drive the way u want without someone CONSTANTLY bugging.
I agree it's conjested and the Politicians NEED/MUST do something to expand roads as well as SHIFTING some population OUTSIDE for multiple reasons. Urbanization as well as International exchange programs MUST be NEGOTIATED WELL 2 handle ALL these issues.
Almost 10% of the global road traffic accidents occur in India. Much of the world wide web is full of sarcasm & mocking of the indisciplined driving on Indian roads. Unfortunately in since 60 years since independence the authorities have failed to publish a National Highway code. Licences are given to anyone who can demonstrate an ability to use the clutch-accelerator, consequently the motoer driving schools teach just that and no more. Concepts such as - blindspots, principle of MSM, the tyre & tarmac rule, 2 second gap and most improtantly giving way are not known to the average Indian driver.
This site http://driving- india.blogspot. com/ has been created with the purpose of providing driver education and training to all Indian road users. It is by far the most comprehensive website providing training in defensive driving. Learning simple road habits can make our roads safe and also free up congestion caused by traffic chaos.
At present 17 driver education videos aimed at changing the driving culture on Indian roads are available. The video are unique in that the footage is real life action from streets of London. We have copied the Western habits: Replaced the dhoti with denim, high rise buildings for Indian cottages, burgers and coke instead of Indian breads and perhaps sugarcane juice. Surely we can copy the Western ways of travelling too.
The videos cover the following topics:
Video 1: Covers the concept of Blind spots
Video 2: Introduces the principle of Mirrors, Signal and Manoeuvre
Video 3: At red lights, stop behind the stop line
Video 4: At red lights there are no free left turns
Video 5: The Zebra belongs to pedestrians
Video 6: Tyres and Tarmac (rather than bumper to bumper)
Video 7: Merging with the Main road
Video 8: Leaving The Main Road
Video 9: Never Cut Corners
Video 10: Show Courtesy on roads Video 11: Five Rules that help deal with Roundabouts
Video 12: Speed limits, stopping distances, tailgating & 2 seconds rule
Video 13: Lane discipline and overtaking
Video 14: Low beam or high beam?
Video 15: Parallel (reverse parking) made easy
Video 16: Give the cyclist the respect of a car
Video 17: Dealing with in-car condensation
Many thanks
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