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If ever somebody draws up a list of Indias favourite pastimes,this one would make it to the top 10 Driving on high beam. There are other contenders too honking and rude lane cutting,jumping lights and double parking. Driving at a low beam is a sign of a meek driver,points out television anchor Sanjay Narayan Patankar sarcastically. So is lane driving,following the speed limit,using the horn sparingly,giving way to folks on the right,stopping for a pedestrian and allowing a wailing ambulance to overtake.
Follow the rules and a fellow commuter will stare down at you as if youre committing a crime by waiting for the light to turn green, says Prabhdeep Brar,assistant professor at the University Institute of Fashion Technology about what he calls the real great Indian driving challenge. The heavy load of vehicles and lack of a desperately needed public transport only makes things worse. Author Khushwant Singh says he can pen a novella on the horrors of driving on Indian roads with the first chapter being on pressure horns. There has to be law against it,for after some point it sounds like an abuse, he adds.
Singh says the problems can be solved through common sense You do not slow down in the middle of the road,you pull over and take the call. You do not drive through puddles and harass pedestrians. According to Billy Gill of Chandigarh Offroaders Club,enforcement and education is are the keys to drilling road sense into drivers.
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