Things You Can Do Only On Indian Roads!

[jihu123]

Originally Posted by venkat_CRDI

Have anybody seen those white sumo/bolero/scorp.s driven by some rural brutes with some regional party flag on the bonnet? Those vehicles essentialy will have two sets (yes..literally 4 no.s) of roots megasonic chrome horns fitted to the crappy looking chrome bull bar. With that they will simply honk the hell out and push almost all the vehicles out of the road. No wonder because most of these vehicles are owned and driven by illiterates.

Also it puts me off whenever i see some cheap unprofessionally done LED strips running everwhere around the car. No exceptions, i have even seen this shoddy job done even in a million rupee sedan in Madurai last night.

That reminds me of an Innova which I spotted at Bangalore with TN registration. It had 2 big foglamps on front bumper, another 2 on the roof, 2 fixed loudspeakers on the roof & all bling bling LED's. But it had a VIP number!

[Viru]

@350Z The cow problem seems to have actually gotten worse over time in my area! I remember around 5 years ago the government had done something and there wasn't a single cow on the road, but now they are absolutely everywhere! Nobody seems to give a damn about how dangerous they can actually be.

I'm not exaggerating, countless times I nearly get into an accident with other road users or pedestrians while trying to avoid some bovine camped out on the road. I narrowly avoided hitting a motorcyclist (Who was without a helmet btw) just a few days ago!

[vijay]

Another addition is the way people would spit on roads while driving, be it a two wheeler, three wheeler, four wheeler, bus, truck,tempo, what ever you name it and will see that.
Drivers the first tobe seen driving and doing this, in buses passengers as well and also from autorickshaws too.

[Viru]

Originally Posted by vijay

Another addition is the way people would spit on roads while driving, be it a two wheeler, three wheeler, four wheeler, bus, truck,tempo, what ever you name it and will see that.
Drivers the first tobe seen driving and doing this, in buses passengers as well and also from autorickshaws too.

And throwing garbage out of the windows as well. People act like plastic wrappers are radioactive waste and that they would die if they were just to hold onto it for a short while and dispose of it properly when they reach a rest stop or their destination. Littering is simply the most pathetic, uncivilized and inexcusable act on the roads.

[D.J.D.]

Originally Posted by Viru

And throwing garbage out of the windows as well. People act like plastic wrappers are radioactive waste and that they would die if they were just to hold onto it for a short while and dispose of it properly when they reach a rest stop or their destination. Littering is simply the most pathetic, uncivilized and inexcusable act on the roads.

i think plastic car bin is the answer. i am planning to get one for my car.

[GrandRk]

Originally Posted by Viru

And throwing garbage out of the windows as well. People act like plastic wrappers are radioactive waste and that they would die if they were just to hold onto it for a short while and dispose of it properly when they reach a rest stop or their destination. Littering is simply the most pathetic, uncivilized and inexcusable act on the roads.

Worst i saw people throwing empty water bottles out of moving state transport buses on roads like expressway. These bottles fly anywhere due to their less weight and their are high chances of it hitting the cars or coming under their way.

[Vishwas]

Originally Posted by D.J.D.

i think plastic car bin is the answer. i am planning to get one for my car.

Easiest and best way is to keep a big plastic cover and throw all the waste there, because plastic car bin takes up some space. Simple and better solution.

[MSN1]

Originally Posted by D.J.D.

i think plastic car bin is the answer. i am planning to get one for my car.

during long trips my family used to keep the throw away things such as biscuit waffers and other things in a plastic (polithine) cover and throw it in the dustbin or dust throwing area at where ever we stop for a short break (i-e every tea shop has a dustbin or box to throw disposable tea cups)

[sethumurugan]

I think we do this mistake. Let me educate my family also on this discipline.

Good one.

[Viru]

Originally Posted by D.J.D.

i think plastic car bin is the answer. i am planning to get one for my car.

I like that idea actually.

Usually what I do is just carry some form of backpack and reserve one of its pockets for stowing the packaging to dispose of at my destination.

[IndicaDLS2002]

^^^^^ Maybe Just keep collecting in a bigger bin in the car trunk till one has enough to sell it to a dry waste collection center check out the interesting video below.

bit OT but even the below also happens very much on indian roads so maybe quite relevant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQHhHmaW64

[macsvin]

Always when I go on long drive I always have a small carry bag with me in my car. I use them to dispose off unwanted items and clean it at destination. Infact this habbit is with all my family memebers since ages.

[saroya]

Most People vomiting from running buses,cars on the roads
Imagine the situation of a biker following those buses or cars.

[Viru]

Originally Posted by IndicaDLS2002

bit OT but even the below also happens very much on indian roads so maybe quite relevant!

[Video]

This is nice, as far as I know in Delhi we have recycling for Paper and Plastic, but it's not nearly as sophisticated as the system in Bangalore. We don't have a composting system either.

Maybe newspapers should stop wasting their time finding out what colour underwear celebrities are wearing and actually try to incite some positive programs like this one.

[appus]

Today & yesterday found two things on road. I am sure it happens only in India.

Yesterday.
Two guys were going in two wheeler without helmet. He suddenly moved to right just giving a little space to the car behind. Then the things started. The guy who was driving the car was a mechanic (local guy) and he went and hit the bike. The biker some how managed the balance and did not fall. He actually did not know what has happened. Bike guys carried on as if nothing happened but the car guy was not leaving them. He went ahead and made them move out of roads, got out from car and started shouting at those two wheeler guy. That was continuing for sometime and then the beating started. I did not have time and left the place with 'What the ___' !

Today.

A Tata Nano KA51 ME with a Tech Mahindra sticker on back. That carried a big sticker on the glass in RED color. "PLEASE FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES". I was so happy to see the car and thought of showing 'thumbs up' to the guy who was driving it. He was talking on the PHONE ! I went and told him 'first you follow and then ask others to follow'. He raised up the window and continued speaking on phone. Met in signal. I knocked his window and he did not even look at me (in between he kept the phone down).

Where else this can happen except INDIA !