During a recent
discussion with a few friends the subject veered to the nature of road traffic
in Madras when one friend exclaimed, “If you can drive in Madras, you can drive
anywhere”. While all my friends were in agreement with him, I differed for driving
in Madras cannot be ever treated as a qualification.
If someone were to
come and tell me that he was well experienced in driving on the roads of Madras,
I would frown down upon him and label him as a chaos creator. You may wonder
why I say this but if you have ever driven or witnessed traffic in Madras you
will understand what I mean by this.
A good driver who
meticulously follows the rules of the road will never fit into the traffic in Madras.
It is only those who don’t bother about signals, those who never hesitate to go
the wrong way on a one way street, those who never hesitate to overtake on the
wrong side and cut abruptly into your path, those who don’t know the meaning of
yellow median lines or white zebra crossings and those who will resort to
anything to get their way who can survive on the roads of Madras.
Therefore I wish to
warn all those who consider their experience of driving on the roads and
streets of Madras as an accomplishment not to ever proclaim it so for a Madrasi
driver will only cause chaos by his driving habits wherever he may go for his
mind is conditioned to driving so…
Before I finish, let me warn you that I too have been driving on the roads of Madras for about forty years now and every day is a nightmare which I am not proud about. To prove my point I must conclude that driving in Madras has only helped me develop hypertension
Before I finish, let me warn you that I too have been driving on the roads of Madras for about forty years now and every day is a nightmare which I am not proud about. To prove my point I must conclude that driving in Madras has only helped me develop hypertension
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