Driving in India - a video

Jung Mi · Apr 18th, 2006, 15:23

You could think this was a funny video if you have been to India and know what the traffic chaos is like. If you haven't been yet, your first feeling is going to be horror, I think: --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM (video needs Flash Player.)

somnath · Apr 18th, 2006, 15:44

Just see, how efficient and disciplined drivers

they are. No accident and no traffic jam !!!!

cfhi · Apr 18th, 2006, 15:50

and the best part is they dun need a traffic light to tell them when to go or not hahahaha

kashi · Apr 18th, 2006, 15:53

the comments on that video on that site seems to be divided between people who have never been there and people who miss it! it is quite funny reading some of the comments

ddutta · Apr 18th, 2006, 16:04

A very very normal & relaxed scene to any Indian & you are saying this " Horror "

. Then go to any big citi at rush time you will know how efficient are we as a driver / pedestrian

vinayverma · Apr 18th, 2006, 16:05

That was good. Looks normal to me. Seems like it is shot in Chennai?

torryquine · Apr 18th, 2006, 18:59

Thanks, I really enjoyed that

goangoangone · Apr 18th, 2006, 19:45

Looked a bit quiet to me.

Maybe it's a Sunday.

Sama · Apr 18th, 2006, 21:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by vinayverma

Seems like it is shot in Chennai?

that traffic looks WAY too tame for it to be in Chennai, even on a weekend!

Jung Mi · Apr 18th, 2006, 22:05

I said that "If you haven't been yet, your first feeling is going to be horror", but you can find all over the 'Net just how dangerous Indian roads are.

For example

Quote:

Somebody dies on an Indian road every seven minutes, and another is seriously injured every two minutes.
A total of 75,000 people are killed every year in India in road accidents, the highest in the world. Another 350,000 are seriously injured.
Apart from the human and social loss, just the economic loss arising out of road accidents in India is estimated at Rs 5000 crore per year.
National Highways comprise only 1.5 percent of the entire road network, but account for 25 percent of all accidents, and a shocking 34 percent of fatalities.

sam371 · Apr 19th, 2006, 00:53

That is one amazing video!! Brings back some good (and scary) memories.

crvlvr · Apr 19th, 2006, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by goangoangone

Looked a bit quiet to me.

Maybe it's a Sunday.

I had the same thoughts. the shops are all closed. this is shot on a "quite" day -- a holiday or a weekend. From the yellow autos, i thought is could be Chennai. But the bus colors point to some other city.

skell · Apr 19th, 2006, 01:03

But where are all the dogs and cows?

dzibead · Apr 19th, 2006, 02:19

This looks pretty tame to me. Even I could probably manage to drive in that kind of traffic! Maybe I should post some of my Indian road videos on that website. Some of the footage on the U.S. TV show "The Amazing Race" gives a better (more typical - and more scary) idea of Indian traffic conditions than this video, IMHO!

goangoangone · Apr 19th, 2006, 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by dzibead

This looks pretty tame to me. Even I could probably manage to drive in that kind of traffic! Maybe I should post some of my Indian road videos on that website. Some of the footage on the U.S. TV show "The Amazing Race" gives a better (more typical - and more scary) idea of Indian traffic conditions than this video, IMHO!

Anyone can steer etc., the art is to guess what everyone else is going to do.

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kashi Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: singapore Posts: 50	the comments on that video on that site seems to be divided between people who have never been there and people who miss it! it is quite funny reading some of the comments __________________ wahh... i want to go back photos

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ddutta Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: kolkata Posts: 803	A very very normal & relaxed scene to any Indian & you are saying this " Horror " . Then go to any big citi at rush time you will know how efficient are we as a driver / pedestrian __________________ "If you smile at me I will understand, because that is something everyone everywhere does in the same language"

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vinayverma Maha Infrequent Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 1,472	That was good. Looks normal to me. Seems like it is shot in Chennai? __________________ If Life is a journey....travel on...and on..on..on.....

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cfhi Silly Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Delhi Posts: 300	and the best part is they dun need a traffic light to tell them when to go or not hahahaha

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torryquine Oilfield Trash! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 700	Thanks, I really enjoyed that

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goangoangone What happened? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Goa Posts: 1,953	Looked a bit quiet to me. Maybe it's a Sunday. __________________ GoanGoan......here

Apr 19th, 2006, 00:53	#11
sam371 Dreaming of India... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York Posts: 399	That is one amazing video!! Brings back some good (and scary) memories.

Apr 19th, 2006, 01:03	#13
skell Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The OC Posts: 993	But where are all the dogs and cows?

Apr 19th, 2006, 02:19	#14
dzibead res ipsa loquitur Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,885	This looks pretty tame to me. Even I could probably manage to drive in that kind of traffic! Maybe I should post some of my Indian road videos on that website. Some of the footage on the U.S. TV show "The Amazing Race" gives a better (more typical - and more scary) idea of Indian traffic conditions than this video, IMHO!

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