Every day I have the pleasure of riding my bike to and from work and often places in between. Somedays I get a clean easy run to work and can get there in under 20 minutes. other times I can get stuck traffic 9even on a bike) and sit stuck between motorbikes, tuktuk/micros, buses and a thousand and one suzuki maruti's and it takes me close to 40 minutes to get home. apart from breathing in the diesel and dust, it gives me an clear insight into some of the worlds worst driving (maybe second only after melbourne)
an abbreviated list
smaller offences
- not indicating when turning left, right, pulling over, or ever
- indicating left, to show that you are turning right
- indicating right to show you are turning left.
- indicating to indicate you are in fact staying on the same road.
- beeping
-beeping at people driving the opposite way as far as possible away from you in the oncoming lane.
Larger offences
- beeping to inform and overtake someone on the outside, only to pull over right in front of them, saving approximately 2 seconds
- beeping to to inform and overtake, only to pass, slow down and then stop, eventually to be passed by the initial passee 100 m down the road.
- beeping to inform and overtake and then drive just slow enough infront to be annyoing
- cutting off on the outside, without beeping
-cutting off on the inside, usually as the person in front is turning a corner, without beeping
Largest offences
- throwing a U -turn, across 4-6 lanes of traffic, on one of the major arteries in the city, blocking up both directions, in a large white four wheel drive (this is usually reserved for govt officials and people who think they are important, but not INGO, NGO, Agency cars, embassy) - for those of you playing at home, this is equivalent of someone u turning across military rd/spit hill at peak hour. 3 times over
- sitting in a line of traffic on a 2 way, 2 lane street and deciding that they are too good to wait for the traffic, and trying to cut in ahead, thus blocking the otherwise free flowing on coming traffic, but failing to respond to the (warranted) beeps, and cause and even bigger jam.
the list goes on and on,
oh and for anyone reading...check out my friend J Dogs Mongol Rally blog somewhere over there on the right. Those boys are driving London to Mongolia in a suzuki maruti. or something similar ( and need your support)
as seen at the central traffic police office HQ , where i got to spend a few hours last friday trying to retrieve my counterparts car in what had been a typical Nepal driving incident. She was hit by a guy in 4wd, and then proceeded to hit him as they tried to chase him down. they ended up paying for the fine, as the guy was a lawyer. apparently they don't have any hard an fast rules about who pays at car incidents. more like, to the better arguer goes the victory. but that incident is a whole nother story.
peace
x
an abbreviated list
smaller offences
- not indicating when turning left, right, pulling over, or ever
- indicating left, to show that you are turning right
- indicating right to show you are turning left.
- indicating to indicate you are in fact staying on the same road.
- beeping
-beeping at people driving the opposite way as far as possible away from you in the oncoming lane.
Larger offences
- beeping to inform and overtake someone on the outside, only to pull over right in front of them, saving approximately 2 seconds
- beeping to to inform and overtake, only to pass, slow down and then stop, eventually to be passed by the initial passee 100 m down the road.
- beeping to inform and overtake and then drive just slow enough infront to be annyoing
- cutting off on the outside, without beeping
-cutting off on the inside, usually as the person in front is turning a corner, without beeping
Largest offences
- throwing a U -turn, across 4-6 lanes of traffic, on one of the major arteries in the city, blocking up both directions, in a large white four wheel drive (this is usually reserved for govt officials and people who think they are important, but not INGO, NGO, Agency cars, embassy) - for those of you playing at home, this is equivalent of someone u turning across military rd/spit hill at peak hour. 3 times over
- sitting in a line of traffic on a 2 way, 2 lane street and deciding that they are too good to wait for the traffic, and trying to cut in ahead, thus blocking the otherwise free flowing on coming traffic, but failing to respond to the (warranted) beeps, and cause and even bigger jam.
the list goes on and on,
oh and for anyone reading...check out my friend J Dogs Mongol Rally blog somewhere over there on the right. Those boys are driving London to Mongolia in a suzuki maruti. or something similar ( and need your support)
peace
x
Hi Liz,
ReplyDelete"Every day I have the pleasure of riding my bike to and from work..."
sometimes that's the beginning of the idea to go around the world by bike ;) It cannot be harder!
see you
Daniel