Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Compilation 1: Drivers of Delhi

As suggested by Delhi LG Mr. Khanna, North Indians seem to be enjoying while breaking laws on Delhi roads. His statement does not seems to be amusing me being a North Indian, being a regular commuter. If he seems to feel that it is North Indians who take pride in breaking laws on Delhi roads, I feel he could have even narrowed down the culprit group - the real culprits are the family members of influential people in North India. The group contains:
1. Relatives of all politician leaders of North India.
2. Relatives of all rich businessmen of North India.
3. Relatives of all bureaucrats working in North India, this group may contain people from other parts of India.
4. Relatives of all Delhi Police and Delhi Traffic Police personnel.
5. Relatives of all people having social/business links with either of the above, this group may contain people from other parts of India.
6. DTC and influential Transport vendors vehicles drivers.

The group does not contains the people who are forced to bribe the traffic police, when caught because 90% of time they commit mistakes because they don't have proper traffic signs visible, rest 10% are due to ignorance. And once they suffer, they never repeat it.

The group does not contains the North Indian people who pay challans, which they have to pay because they don't have any link with influntial Delhites.

And Mr. LG, the group even comprise of your relatives. I have witnessed lots of time, when you have got challaned for the same offense and people with same offense got away with just one call to people like you.

The list of reasons a lot of people seem to be committing traffic offenses in Delhi is as follows:
1. Improper/ Invisible traffic signs.
2. Improper Road designs, a lot of places you have to break the law or stand stranded on road.
3. Encroachments on Roads by civic authorities sans Delhi Metro, e.g. you will see their hoardings on roads even after they have completed their work.
4. Buses from DTC and other influential transport vendors, who block most of the roads at the Bus Stops.


You drive one day on Inner Ring road as anonymous person and you will find everything I have written here.

Its very easy to give a problem statement, but very difficult to solve it. I have taken resolution to drive as per rules several times, but failed miserably. None of the stints could last a day. And I am ashamed of that and not proud as you have suggested.