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Originally Posted by RP_812 Broken number plates exist all over India , So I am not sure how that relates to "Police" and "Authourity" only in Bangalore. |
I disagree.
Check Ore lorries and Sand trucks. Either the bull bar is fixed in a way to ensure that the number plate is only partially visible or the paint issmudged off the plates not only at the rear but all the 3 sides barring the front and yes, It DOES relate to Police authority only in Bangalore since they are glove in hand with the Lorry owners and the Mines and Geological department, A fact shared by my own schoolmate who is now a Police Inspector and I had asked him how these law breakers get away and never seen taken to task. The Police can never stop them, Period.
Please drive from Bangalore to Tumkur and back and the truth will unfold. I have seldom seen AP trucks with broken Number plates and usually they are KA and TN but You may be right regarding the abuse to the policemen elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Spitfire Bangalore? I am in India. I am complaining about my home country. I am complaining about myself. Where are you from? Come out of the well. |
I completeley agree!
I have seen Bangalore traffic scene changing in the past 6-7 years for all the reasons like Infrastructure, Density of vehicles, Bus Stops and increasing Signals, reasons which are valid but not certainly due to other reasons whatsoever. Hence, it is always WE and not THEY!
Till I got married, I never had a chance to drive in Gujarat and my perception (I never had any in the first place) completely changed. if one subtracts the City driving here, I give a thumbs up to the Highway driving. Great amount of discipline followed and never ever one dares to overtake from left. I have seldom seen anyone doing beyong 80-100kmph mark and maintaining a steady pace.Aggression is almost non-existent here. A mere flash of the headlights and the vehicle moves left to give way to overtake! Imagine this in Mysore Road or the Bangalore-Chennai section. A combination of continuous honking and flashing lights will "probably" divert the attention of the driver onto the rear view mirror and he still wont move. I still wonder how people drive with even the RHS ORVM folded??
My schoomates from my Home town Belur say that Bangalore registered cars behave like an animal released from cage as they see open roads and are usually used to drive in the City traffic. I myself have seen discipline amongst these country folks while driving. They still give way by getting two of their wheels off the road in case of a narrow road. A Bangalore registered vehicle stops right at the center expecting the oncoming driver to get down! Bangalore attitude huh?? or still want to hype this as being "Techie" too? Of course, They always see these as a Bangalore registered car and not if the driver/occupants are migrants from other state!
I have now got a chance to drive in Maharastra (More in Pune) and I am experiencing the good and the bad bits of it too and I am sure I will share them as I go. I have felt, highway driving by private cars is better here so far except for those yellow plate Boleros!
We have also experienced hypes like : Blackberry, Zero-Tolerance and No headlight Zone in MG Road, Separate Auto and Bus lanes (JPD to Minsk Square and Bellary Road) and many more. Where are they today? Please top telling that they couldnt fall in place due to traffic increase and blah blah. A law can be enforced no matter what.
When Interceptors were Introduced in Bangalore, newspapers made a hype again regarding its cost and its Hi-tech features. I was never surprised to see this on the Kalol-Mehsana tolled Highway in Gujarat much before its Introduction here.
Smart Card license - Hi tech now?? I was actually surprised to see such a card when my relative from Gujarat flashed his DL and I asked him what is that SIM Card like chip in it. When I googled, I found out that Smart Card license was introduced in Gujarat 10years back!!
The newly sourced imported device by the BTP to lock wheels of cars parked in a no parking zone made news a few months back. Saw them in Pune on FC Road on a couple of cars but never saw this as a "news" in any of the editions of the newspapers here.
Seat Belts rule is followed very strictly in Gujarat and Maharastra. You will Seldom get penalized in Bangalore for not respecting this. I remember the good old days when Cops stopped unbuckled drivers, especially on the entrance of Brigade Road.
Look at the cauvery circle Magic Box. It pains to drive from Windsor Manor all the way till you cross this Box and one would be surprised to call this a Singal free Intersection. Mind you, this was not planned 10 years back that you start blaming on the "IT Boom" which happened later, but now when Bangalore is experiencing the traffic mess.
Inner Ring Road has come up with IT parks and now Malls like Oasis center right before a traffic singal and we all know what jams this creates especially on a weekend. Forum Mall is another example. While giving permission to these, didnt BBMP, BDA and the BTP sync up and give a thought process on the Impact. IT and Traffic mess was already there when these happened?
Check out Sarkhej- Gandhinagar stretch full of Malls and Multiplexes and service lanes for easy entry and exit into these places. They seldom block traffic. This stretch is not "usually" marred with traffic Jams but the civic authorities planned it in advance.
A traffic Jam in Bangalore looks haphazard and we block the oncoming traffic by crossing the median and in Mumbai it still looks streamlined (Yes, A disciplined Jam) as cars stop on their lanes. The law enforcement by the cops here is commendable too.
Check out the entry to Bangalore from any direction - Mysore Road, Hosur Road, OM road, Tumkur Road, Bellary Road. Which one is better? (or worse).
Pune's Katraj Ghat (NH4) always encountered Jams and driving till the city was a pain. Then came the Bypass which eased but much before a "situation" arrived, a new bypass with those amazing twin-tunnels was already made operational giving such a marvellous entry and exit to the city. All this when the traffic was not that Bad.
I am also not being patriotic but have been experiencing these new places only since the past 3 years after spending 7 years in Bangalore and my childhood in Belur and I can still distinguish lots even between Bangalore and Belur for that matter (forget Maharastra and Gujarat) and I know why so much rant!
C'mon!! We need to get out and see the world.Errr, India! There are lot of things to know, learn and unlearn too.
Nobody minds here if a thread is started ranting traffic on any other city and I am sure inputs will pour there too.