Driving In India
Beginning of paper
Traveling in India is an almost hallucinatory mixture of sound and
sight. It is frequently heart-rending, sometimes hilarious, mostly
exhilarating, always unforgettable - and, when you are on the roads,
extremely dangerous.
Most Indian road users observe a version of the Highway Code based
on som ....
Middle of paper
.... stop is defeat. This is the
Indian drivers' mantra.
ARTICLE IV
Use of horn:
Cars (IV, 1, a-c): Short blasts indicate supremacy, i.e. in
clearing dogs, rickshaws and pedestrians from path. Long blasts denote
supplication, i.e. to oncoming truck, "I am going too fast to stop, so
unless you slow down we shall both die". In extreme cases this may be
accompanied by flashing of headlights. Single casual blast means "I have
seen someone out of India's 870 million people whom I recognize", "Th ....
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