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Originally Posted by Nitin Seen that happen ever so often in B'lore. I remember one such spot used to be Richmond Road (close to Lifestyle), where people would shut off their vehicles and walk around to grab something to snack on. Be it corn, peanuts, or Bhel puri, they;d have enough time to finish off their snack and hop back on their bikes and just ride away. |
Oh yes it does happen everywhere in Bangalore. I see it happen almost everyday on Richmond Road during peak hours. Taxi fellows will switch off their cars, open the doors and give their feet some air and probably snack on something for a bit before taking off again.
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Originally Posted by menonrajesh This road which is in front of Lido Mall is made Two-way since last few days and it has become a pain to reach Trinity circle. It was really smooth till they made this change and still wondering whats the reason behind for such a change. |
I'd realized this only today! After St. Mary's Feast, the road was turned into a one-way again. But today, I was in for a shock. I generally take the right side of the road after the Ulsoor Police Station but today, there were a dozen cops waiting for people to take the right side of the road. I'm glad I noticed it in advance or I would've been flagged down.
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A couple of weeks back, we got something that was quite interesting in the mail.
It was a Rs.100/- traffic violation for 'switching-lanes' apparently. My mother was driving the Jazz somewhere near Ulsoor and there is a picture of her attempting the 'switch'. Now on that road, the lanes aren't even marked properly and all my mother was doing was preparing herself for a right turn. Traffic was sparse and it wasn't even a high-speed manoeuvrings (my mother hasn't even gone above 40 km/h in this new car.)
She wasn't exactly on the right side of the road. The indicator was turned on and about 50 ft before the turning, she performed the lane-change.
I must add that our family follows ever possible rule on the road, including crossing the road at zebra-crossings and coming to a halt rather than speeding-up when the lights turn orange from green. We wear our seat-belts and follow lane discipline all the time. Even the speed limit of 50 km/h within the city is strictly observed by us.
Despite the efforts we take, we find such 'letters' in our mail.
Now take a good long look at this picture. It's extremely disheartening to see this:
This picture was taken today at 10:00 am and this is the road that one would take to reach Richmond Road from Trinity Circle (left from Trinity Circle near the Army-Mess).
I have, in red, circled the appropriate part of the picture. Can you see the green-light that allows vehicles to proceed straight? What you also see is an idiot BMTC bus driver in his mammoth bus blocking the entire road just because he wants to take a right turn. The signal is red for those who want to take a right but green for those who want to go straight.
Isn't this against the rules of lane-discipline, Mr. Praveen Sood? Why do we innocent people have to pay for something we haven't done wrong, and why do these bus drivers get away scot-free?
And it's not just here! I see this happen everyday at the traffic-signal right after Philips Milenia just before Old Madras Road. Bus drivers pile up on the road and refuse to let people go past even though it's a green-light for us.