tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post114277193147849106..comments2023-09-24T00:43:50.595-07:00Comments on Sixth-Finger: 2. TRAFFIC: INDIAN & U.S. STYLESதருமிhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446077904734676229noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-51095134088769566552010-04-25T20:16:25.809-07:002010-04-25T20:16:25.809-07:00I learned driving in the US, and returned to India...I learned driving in the US, and returned to India after 10 years of driving in the US. I still remember a pair of traffic incidents that occurred within six months of my return. I was in a road inside Saidapet and my driver overshot his target and chose to make a U-turn. In that narrow road, U-turn was difficult. It ended up being a W-turn, i.e. forward, reverse, forward, reverse, forward.. It was 8 or 9 am on a weekday and I was watching with embarrassment the number of cars he was holding up on either side of the road. But, amazingly I did not hear a single vehicle protesting in the form of a honk. Minutes later, we arrived at a junction on Anna Salai (probably the same Saidapet junction you were at), and I started hearing the vehicles behind us furiously honking even as the signal was turning from green to red. What I realized then was that Indian driving is all about efficiency. When you got to wait, you wait. When there is a way to go, you go not wasting a single second. <br /><br />While not condoning someone beating a red light, I think that if we follow the traffic rules of developed countries, we will be stuck in more serious traffic congestion than what we have now. The solution will be to implement a system that will be appropriate to us. <br /><br />You are absolutely right about enforcement. But again, we need to be innovative about enforcement. Manual enforcement is not going to be very effective because of the sheer scale of the traffic in our country. We will need some sort of automation.Victor Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328883582532020740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-36917071738102091522008-06-25T01:27:00.000-07:002008-06-25T01:27:00.000-07:00nice to see one more guy like me.let us obey the l...nice to see one more guy like me.<BR/><BR/>let us obey the laws of land and if may bring atleast 1 guy to follow hereafter.DHANShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677548577559486691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156529240531962302006-08-25T11:07:00.000-07:002006-08-25T11:07:00.000-07:00i appreciate your reinforcement of my idea. we may...i appreciate your reinforcement of my idea. we may not be able to bring in all those hi-tech gadgets here in India. we cannot pinpoint the driver of a vehicle from the number plate also here. but still CLEAN cops to collect spot fines can be tried. clean cops i say, since they should not be for any 'bargain'.தருமிhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446077904734676229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156519786870379022006-08-25T08:29:00.000-07:002006-08-25T08:29:00.000-07:00//foreigners are after all human beings like us. t...//foreigners are after all human beings like us. they are made to follow rules by strict enforcement and hence things have got into their systems. is it not, sir?//<BR/><BR/>sam, you just put it in a right way. Actually it is the law enforncement make the people to behave and follow the rules, not just their nationality.<BR/><BR/>It is a human tendency to break the rules and get the chill heck out of it. Over here in the US, we are following the rules majorly because the FEAR of getting CAUGHT.<BR/><BR/>That FEAR is deeply embedded in our conscience, for instant, romdomly they have installed cameras with overhanging traffic signal. When someone run through the red signal and get away with it, reaches home safely, so he thinks. But there comes the policeman ticket in the mail for the following week.<BR/><BR/>However, this camera trick is not so common with every traffic signal post but randomly placed, here and there. But the fear of not knowing where it is placed make people to think twice they take the risk.<BR/><BR/>What actually this camera does is, take a snap shot of that get away car registration plate, and the rest is taken care of.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, it is nothing to do with the general population but how it is being handled by the law enforcement. Subam :-).இயற்கை நேசி|Orunihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737852987640266476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156519168469101732006-08-25T08:19:00.000-07:002006-08-25T08:19:00.000-07:00//foreigners are after all human beings like us. t...//foreigners are after all human beings like us. they are made to follow rules by strict enforcement and hence things have got into their systems. is it not, sir?//<BR/><BR/>sam, you just put it in a right way. Actually it is the law enforncement make the people to behave and follow the rules, not just their nationality.<BR/><BR/>It is a human tendency to break the rules and get the chill heck out of it. Over here in the US, we are following the rules majorly because the FEAR of getting CAUGHT.<BR/><BR/>That FEAR is deeply embedded in our conscience, for instant, romdomly they have installed cameras with overhanging traffic signal. When someone run through the red signal and get away with it, reaches home safely, so he thinks. But there comes the policeman ticket in the mail for the following week.<BR/><BR/>However, this camera trick is not so common with every traffic signal post but randomly placed, here and there. But the fear of not knowing where it is placed make people to think twice they take the risk.<BR/><BR/>What actually this camera does is, take a snap shot of that get away car registration plate, and the rest is taken care of.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, it is nothing to do with the general population but how it is being handled by the law enforcement. Subam :-).இயற்கை நேசி|Orunihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737852987640266476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156440523347740212006-08-24T10:28:00.000-07:002006-08-24T10:28:00.000-07:00one another thing, mr masilamani. i have found one...one another thing, mr masilamani. i have found one common character in <B> all of us</B>. each of us wants to be the first to take advantage in any situation never allowing willingly the other to have his way. i have seen this as a 'national character' among all us - irrespective of age, literacy, what not! getting into the right extremes of the roads to overtake an ongoing vehicle is a very common thing and that is one of the important reasons for so many accidents on our highways.<BR/><BR/>i want to share these things with you since only right people like you in the right places can do something about this.தருமிhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446077904734676229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156440164228413672006-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:002006-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:00sorry masilamani...it is a well known fact that we...sorry masilamani...it is a well known fact that we people dont follow rules. my question to you - why not <B>make </B>us respect laws. i repeat the will to bring things to order is lacking both in law-makers and law-executors.<BR/><BR/>foreigners are after all human beings like us. they <B>are made to follow rules</B> by strict enforcement and hence things have got into their systems. is it not, sir?தருமிhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446077904734676229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1156430952424555342006-08-24T07:49:00.000-07:002006-08-24T07:49:00.000-07:00people to have at least a modicum of respect for t...people to have at least a modicum of respect for the law of the land;<BR/>and second: the executors of the laws should do what they have to.///<BR/>we have been educating people right from the student level to follow the rules.. They just won't. when they see a police man they try to obey.. otherwise it is just chaos. thanks Sir.Masilamanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225781261013445428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1143435512841561592006-03-26T20:58:00.000-08:002006-03-26T20:58:00.000-08:00manian,my longing is, will we EVER learn to respec...manian,<BR/>my longing is, will we EVER learn to respect the laws of the land.தருமிhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446077904734676229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313554.post-1143394724016665342006-03-26T09:38:00.000-08:002006-03-26T09:38:00.000-08:00We have a tendency,as Indians, to violate laws of ...We have a tendency,as Indians, to violate laws of the land, but for fear of punishment. If there is no vigilance or one has aquintance of the administration, then one surely violates. <BR/>Even in Srilanka, I have seen railway gates in the form of a single pole blocking only your half of the way. In India, where people push their cycles underneath the barbed gates to cross and gain one or two minutes, such a system would not work.மணியன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/00166865260597969844noreply@blogger.com