Driving in India

[mawilson 2,133]

What's so dangerous about that intersection? Try driving in NYC

You haven't yet had to share the road with 4-legged animals (in addition to the 2-legged ones).

Sure I have

[Nizzy 1]

The driving in Pakistan/Afghanistan is crazy like that. You drive in whatever lane you want. I loved when they would scare the heck out of me by waiting until the very last itty bitty second to change lanes before hitting the object in front of them. But after a while it was all normal to me just like Stina said.

wow you guys have LANES in Pakistan? sweet. India don't got no lanes. Except for the big cities.

yeah some of the parts we were in had lanes, traffic police AND traffic lights but no one seemed to care. Even if you end up hitting someone you could bribe your way out of it.

[chri'stina 190]

Pictures I took in India, first one with black and white film. (I know I've posted this one before.) Cows and traffic. Took these from inside the car.

Edited October 11, 2006 by stina&suj

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The driving in Pakistan/Afghanistan is crazy like that. You drive in whatever lane you want. I loved when they would scare the heck out of me by waiting until the very last itty bitty second to change lanes before hitting the object in front of them. But after a while it was all normal to me just like Stina said.

wow you guys have LANES in Pakistan? sweet. India don't got no lanes. Except for the big cities.

yeah some of the parts we were in had lanes, traffic police AND traffic lights but no one seemed to care. Even if you end up hitting someone you could bribe your way out of it.

We never paid bridge tolls in India. You're supposed to but our driver said if you keep driving and don't stop, they won't bother comign after us.. the cops are too lazy.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

What's so dangerous about that intersection? Try driving in NYC

You haven't yet had to share the road with 4-legged animals (in addition to the 2-legged ones).

Sure I have

Now how about if that intersection in the India video were in a town the size of Elmira, Gettysburg or Tifton, GA? (couldn't actually say exactly where, but I doubt it was Mumbai due to the comparative LACK of crowd).

[Nizzy 1]

The driving in Pakistan/Afghanistan is crazy like that. You drive in whatever lane you want. I loved when they would scare the heck out of me by waiting until the very last itty bitty second to change lanes before hitting the object in front of them. But after a while it was all normal to me just like Stina said.

wow you guys have LANES in Pakistan? sweet. India don't got no lanes. Except for the big cities.

yeah some of the parts we were in had lanes, traffic police AND traffic lights but no one seemed to care. Even if you end up hitting someone you could bribe your way out of it.

We never paid bridge tolls in India. You're supposed to but our driver said if you keep driving and don't stop, they won't bother comign after us.. the cops are too lazy.

Makes me think of the "traffic cop" I saw in Afghanistan just hanging out at his post while there was chaos all around him. There's one of him and loads of careless drivers...

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

oh man, and I thought Mexico was bad. I drive the country roads in Mexico, but not in the cities.

did you guys see how they make a right onto the main street? dayum!

Daniel

:energetic:

[Mandi+Ryan 0]

The video was in fast-forward, you can tell. But yes, that's how they drive. LOL! Scary thought, eh?

[Nikita2Charles 31]

I drove in Chennai, Navi mumbai, it's a very tough task, just did it for the thrill of it, The difficult part is the stick shift being on the left hand side so if you are not left handed it feels very weird. I stop driving because one time i was going to make a left turn then almost went toward incoming traffic, good thing there was a red light for the incoming traffic.

Traffic is crazy, motorcycle gets on the sidewalk when the road is full leaving nowhere for pedestrian to walk, the autorickshaw cuts you off like mad, but after a while you get used to it.

[almaty 19]

i am sure all the drivers have insurance........

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

i am sure all the drivers have insurance........

rofl

Actually, that reminds me of a recent news item out of India. Apparently, a prominent Muslim organization in India issued a fatwa recently saying Indian Muslims should no longer purchase insurance. According to the Indian news media, the popular reaction from Indian Muslims was a loud, long "yawn".

[babybunny 2]

The driving in Pakistan/Afghanistan is crazy like that. You drive in whatever lane you want. I loved when they would scare the heck out of me by waiting until the very last itty bitty second to change lanes before hitting the object in front of them. But after a while it was all normal to me just like Stina said.

wow you guys have LANES in Pakistan? sweet. India don't got no lanes. Except for the big cities.

I did not see lanes in Lahore.

the auto rick was driving on the make shift sidewalks..

ohh I rember running out of gas in the middle of the road. that was entertainment.

[Veiled Princess 1]

That kind of reminded me of this one intersection in Cairo... there was a traffic officer on duty directing traffic but everyone just kept going how they wanted... he had to jump out of the way a few times even because he almost got hit

[Saddle Bronc 124]

i am sure all the drivers have insurance........

In this case "insurance" = bribing cops/officials to look other way.

As Gupt stated, many muslims also follow this--so the fatwa to stop buying insurance had no effect.