Bangalore Traffic: The brighter side
If there was a vote conducted for the most talked about topic in Bangalore for 2005, the traffic and how bad it is etc. etc. would win by a huge landslide margin. I do agree that the traffic levels and its management is horrible .. but the optimist in me does see the brighter side of this.
Here are few points of how the traffic at its current level is beneficial to all us
1. Helps Develop Patience:
No one can deny this.. all the hours waiting for the signal to go green, moving only a few feet at a time, circling the same road even with its one-ways many times searching a parking slot helps develop extreme patience.
2. Develops quick reflexes:
I think we Bangaloreans have the quickest reflexes in the world. How else can you explain going from 80-0 in 1 second and lesser than 10 feet? I even went in between an auto one side and a garbage truck on the other at 60km/hr the other day with exactly 3 cms gap on either side and didn't bat an eyelid - can qualify for Ripley's Believe it or not stunt. All of us have developed excellent navigating skills in thickest of traffics, creating lanes where there are none, swerving away with the least possible distance between the stationary and the moving object and many other acrobatic maneuvers which require excellent hand-eye co-ordination and super quick reflexes. :-)
3. Excellent Bladder control:
We have to sit through endless traffic jams and ignore nature's cries, calls, hoots whatever.. in the process we have developed the best bladder control amongst drivers of any other city other in the world.
4. Attain Sainthood:
Driving through Bangalore's roads are a test of our character. If you can drive for 1 day in Bangalore -
without honking
without swearing at the reckless jerk in front
without getting tempted to bash up the driver who drove too close to your vehicle
without blaming the traffic cop at the signal
without answering the ringing mobile phone
without losing patience searching for parking space
then you have most of the qualities required to achieve sainthood :-)
Here are few points of how the traffic at its current level is beneficial to all us
1. Helps Develop Patience:
No one can deny this.. all the hours waiting for the signal to go green, moving only a few feet at a time, circling the same road even with its one-ways many times searching a parking slot helps develop extreme patience.
2. Develops quick reflexes:
I think we Bangaloreans have the quickest reflexes in the world. How else can you explain going from 80-0 in 1 second and lesser than 10 feet? I even went in between an auto one side and a garbage truck on the other at 60km/hr the other day with exactly 3 cms gap on either side and didn't bat an eyelid - can qualify for Ripley's Believe it or not stunt. All of us have developed excellent navigating skills in thickest of traffics, creating lanes where there are none, swerving away with the least possible distance between the stationary and the moving object and many other acrobatic maneuvers which require excellent hand-eye co-ordination and super quick reflexes. :-)
3. Excellent Bladder control:
We have to sit through endless traffic jams and ignore nature's cries, calls, hoots whatever.. in the process we have developed the best bladder control amongst drivers of any other city other in the world.
4. Attain Sainthood:
Driving through Bangalore's roads are a test of our character. If you can drive for 1 day in Bangalore -
without honking
without swearing at the reckless jerk in front
without getting tempted to bash up the driver who drove too close to your vehicle
without blaming the traffic cop at the signal
without answering the ringing mobile phone
without losing patience searching for parking space
then you have most of the qualities required to achieve sainthood :-)
posted by achinmay at 7:40 PM
2 Comments:
Yet another advantage:
Driving through the traffic without any casualities helps to sharpen our arcade-game playing skills. May be we can win hands-down at any gaming contest!
One more..
Go late to office n blame on traffic ;-)
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