Observations on vehicle traffic in India
I’ll keep this one short. I am currently visiting Bangalore – in the context of a business trip – and these are my observations/thoughts about the traffic in the streets here 
- Most trucks don’t have tail lights. I mean, who needs to see trucks in the highway anyways?
- There are trucks parked in the highway. On a lane. Not kidding!
- There are cars going in reverse in the middle of the road (also saw it once in a highway)
- Some people bike their way *against* the traffic flow (on the highway as well)!
- Lane marks are basically useless. If you have 3 lanes, you will probably have 5 cars side by side
- Using the horn is a form of communication. Seems to be analogous to the Sonar systems in the submarines. During the night lights are also used intensively for this purpose
- Roads have close to no illumination, which makes it much easier to run people over. You know, the ones that are crossing the highway on foot.
- Drivers will pass you wherever there is space open. Left, right, middle, doesn’t really matter. Use the sonar
- There are signs saying “Please respect the traffic rules”, hehe
- You can spot the occasional tractor in the highway.
- Most people don’t speak a lot of English, but they all drive like Nigel Mansell or Damon Hill
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Estive em Delhi em Novembro, e é praticamente a mesma coisa.
E embora nunca pareça, eles andam á inglesa, pela esquerda.
Os tuk-tuk são obra do demo; volta e meia, ha sempre um que vira. É rezar para não estarmos nele.
Hehe, não cheguei a ver nenhum tuk-tuk a virar, mas conduzem da mesma maneira que todos os outros