I get the feeling that even my wife is completely disinterested in my rants about the traffic. The place in question is Thane, Maharashtra, India. The people – almost all kinds, having a common factor – breaking traffic rules with some kind of arrogance.
What traffic rules?
I guess this question may be addressed in two ways – one asking about the types of traffic rules being violated, and the other being the outlook of the people violating the traffic rules. Most commonly encountered violation (my observation, may not be the official statistic), is jumping the signal. The other is moving in the opposite direction for the lane.
The latter is best explained by means of an example. One guy managed to travel in the opposite side for the lane and ended up standing bang opposite to me after slamming the brakes hard. Next, he was fairly articulate in expressing that I better move to the side or there would be trouble!
I am increasingly firming up on my opinion that Indians, in general, do not value traffic rules. I may as well be guilty of this trait, but keep it to a minimum by trying consciously. But those who do not, just seem to look around for a traffic policeman. If there isn’t one, then all the mice come out to play.
And all this only seems to get worse with time.
