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Riding the peaceful countryside of UK, I seemed to miss the chaos of Bangalore traffic. Written at Harlow, UK. Oh, I miss the honk Oh, I miss the jam Oh, I miss the chaos Oh, I miss the potholes Oh, I miss the dust Oh, I miss the jaywalkers Oh, I miss the humps Oh, I miss the kisses Oh, I miss the near-misses Oh, I miss the … Dear BLR traffic
“Hear no evil, talk no evil, see no evil” of The three monkeys picture can be very useful in surviving the Bangalore Traffic too !
A typical business day on Bangalore roads! It is fun commuting by cycle to work.
I entered the red light area. I stopped and looked at her anxiously, for the green signal. I noticed that everybody was very keen on her dropping the guard. Some of them sneakily moved forward. She blinked and everybody rushed headlong passing her into the next red light area at the next traffic light.
We seem to love fate!. Here are FOUR stories that illustrate this! #1: “ Was I tempting fate?” Near my house, the main road has been shutdown thanks to BBMP’s multi-year plan to widen the main road. Hence the service road breaks the brunt of traffic. And when a jam occurs, the motorcyclists take to the granite-slab pavement. Poor pedestrians. As a cyclist I either push/follow-the-pedestration on the pavement. Today a motorbiker was hell bent…
#1: “The lady in the car” The commute to office last Friday was interesting. As a cyclist, I enjoy watching reactions of people at stop lights. As the light turned green, the lady in car revved up and moved into the centre of the road whilst on the other side continued crossings showing his outstretched palm to the car indicating stop. He was enjoying his slow jaunt across the chaos. And the lady kinda stood…