Tuesday, August 27, 2013

How to be a successful driver in Bangalore

Tips for becoming a successful driver in Bangalore:
[Will keep on updating this post]

In Bangalore's centimeters per hour traffic, here are some tips to be successful:
  1. Learn to multi-task: They say we should not do anything else while driving. Yes, we shouldn't. But in Bangalore only 30% of the total time we spend behind the steering wheel of our car is being used for controlling the vehicle moving forward. 70% of the time we'll be idling in traffic. So plan accordingly.
  2. Have a 5-Dimentional mentality: 
    1. Look forward to see vehicles in front stopping suddenly because of pedestrians or cows in the centre of the road
    2. Look right to see vehicles jumping from right lane to left lane
    3. Look left to see vehicles changing from left lane to right lane
    4. Look down to see potholes
    5. Look up to see signals every 200m
  3. Offence is the best defence : However careful you are, at least once in two weeks you'll hit someone or will be hit by someone. There are proven methods of handling this situation. The one who argues first and raises his voice more(preferably animated) will be the verdict to come out unharmed, and in flying colours. You can even hit the other driver if you are successful in doing just this - and once started, helping hands will be joining from all the directions.


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