Showing posts with label Traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traffic. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2009

Decent Driving Dude

Stuck in traffic jam for hours, having no choice but drive through the dust/smoke filled air, fed up of the irritating bad habits of other fellow drivers?

Those who have not experienced this at least once when living in Hyderabad can raise your hands. Well, I don’t see a single hand. Meaning is that, we all go through this every day. What do we do for it? Just curse the government. Shout at the auto-rickshaw driver "the bloody illiterate". Call the ancestors of that rash driving APSTRTC bus driver "b****" and what not. Shouting "stupid country fellows" at those who cross the road while the signal is green. In any way are you helping yourself to get any better? In any sense? No to the core.

Well, so..why not doing something? Something small but better than nothing? Something better than the disgusting dialogues which goes in vain but gets into your veins in the form of hyper tension? Something to make the proverbs even more worthy?

Hereby I put my little drop of water. We have a lake to fill. Come let us at least fill a bucket. This is what I think about. I work for a software company in hi-tech city in Hyderabad. In my company at least 50 people are coming by their own transport modes like me. Rest rely on the company transport. I have observed that 80% of those who come on their own vehicles do not use the proper indicators when turning left or right. 50% of them don't mind jumping a red signal. 100% think it is absolutely fair to go on wrong side for small distance instead going that far to take a U turn. I plan to spread a ”Decent Driving Dude" awareness in my company and if at least 1% follows what it means I would be happy. If in another 5 companies at least 10 people start to follow the DDD(Decent Driving Dude) attitude that makes a huge difference. They will talk, they will act. I am sure that at least one person will be impacted every day.

This campaign will spread the awareness. While driving on the road, if I am about to cross a small junction with no signal, if I see another person coming from the right side to go to my left side, and if he is a known person to me, I would obviously not compete with him to go first. Rather I would smile at him and would allow him to go first. This means that we are all not bad always. We know to be good too. And we most of the time want to remain good. So at least when you see another DDD on the road you automatically becomes a DDD. The more DDDs in town the more decent is the road. Howzaaat??

I am going to try this in my company with the help of my dear colleagues. Why not you doing the same in your company. If you are in Hyderabad let us all meet informally and I will give you guidelines to get this effectively done. Let us all have a safe and smooth road rides.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I here by swear that...

Today, I have decided that...

* I will learn all possible bad words in hindi. It is a "Must have" in a driver's possessions.
* I will always wear helmet while riding a two wheeler.
* I will always stop and give way to a vehicle who tries a U turn in a busy road.
* I will always stop for pedestrians in a zebra crossing.
* I will not stop for pedestrians when the signal is green. I will use my Hindi knowledge here.
* I will not be impatient and honk at the vehicle that moves slow in front of me.
* I will not jump the red signal how much ever empty the opposite roads are.
* I will not change lanes or take to the side without proper indication. I will use my Hindi for those who does so infront of me.
* I will not overtake in a narrow road or when there is a jam in one lane of the traffic. I will use my Hindi for those who does so. I am not a fool to wait at the tail of long queue of vehicles when others can go forward through the empty other lane which makes both the sides jam soon.
* I will not block the way by driving too slow.
* I will not use high beams when in city.
* I will respect the vision of the opposite vehicle's driver by giving a dim light at night while on a highway.
* I will not suddenly start the parked vehicle on the side of the road and get on to the road without minding the vehicles coming from rear. Hindi to be used here.
* I will not use mobile phone while driving.
* I will not let my clothes fly like a flag while riding two wheelers.

Because, these habits of other fellow drivers annoy me a lot!

Patience has its own limits! The commute to and from Hitec City to pragathi nagar has helped me to cross mine this soon so succesfully. Thanks to my dear fellow commuters.

Kunju

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