Traffic Traumas
I generally try not to get upset by trifles, but there is one thing that pisses me off no end, that is indiscipline on the road. I take this very personally, I drive daily and every day one or more incidents of indiscipline or reckless driving drives me over the edge. Chaos and lawlessness are the hallmarks of driving in India, but pause for a moment next time you encounter a traffic jam, more often than not the cause of this jam would be bad driving or law breakers who have used their stupidity to cause great discomfort to everyone around. Is it not obvious that the traffic rules were not framed to humour the law makers but were made to facilitate order, progress and safety of everyone. Just pause for a moment and think if we do not bother to honour the convention of driving on one side of the road and drive as we please, would we reach our destination in one piece? Likewise if people start driving everywhere else but on the road can you imagine the consequences? Yet depite the obviou...