How to cross an Indian Road

chad · Aug 30th, 2009, 01:46

Just saw this clip on AlJazeera, stating that on average, 13 people die on India's roads every hour, and that according to the World Health Organization, India's roads are the most dangerous in the world. Personally, crossing the road by foot is one of the biggest joys in the world! Guess I like a little danger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe3UAq-3SE&

Nick-H · Aug 30th, 2009, 02:49

Quote:

Personally, crossing the road by foot is one of the biggest joys in the world!

Sex, flowers, sunshine, cats, a nice cup of tea, I could go on and on and on, and still, crossing any road wouldn't be on the list!

chAos · Aug 30th, 2009, 13:58

lightmoment · Sep 17th, 2009, 01:28

Last time I crossed a busy highway in India I just screamed as I ran...that worked for me.

ebby · Sep 18th, 2009, 14:24

The link gives an idea what a person has to go through while crossing an Indian road.

Joke for the day!! (part deux)

Shipnil · Sep 21st, 2009, 19:22

Indeed. I also feel same about driving. I am an Indian and loved driving on Indian roads due to their dangerous nature. Currently, I am visiting a western country and seeing the way people drive, I don't intend to hold the steering. It is not even half the fun

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Originally Posted by chad

Just saw this clip on AlJazeera, stating that on average, 13 people die on India's roads every hour, and that according to the World Health Organization, India's roads are the most dangerous in the world. Personally, crossing the road by foot is one of the biggest joys in the world! Guess I like a little danger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe3UAq-3SE&

Johntrust · Oct 6th, 2009, 19:11

At the Beginning it´s helpful when you stick with the locals. Cross the street when indian people are crossing the street. They know how it works, so just stick with them.

And when someone is blowing the horn, just jump to the side.

bsprasad · Oct 6th, 2009, 19:54

[quote=vegan;800423]Relax, 7 lakhs last year number does not make sense. Even if a single person dies while crossing train tracks it is a big event. Trains are delayed and the news makes it to local newspapers.

Please.....

Who said, Delayed trains makes news.....

Big Event: No its not a big event in India.

Why dont you send a query to Indian railways under RTI act (Right to the information act 2008) and ask them about the number of fatal accidents in a year across India. I dont think the number (7 Lacs)is authored or doctored

I have never seen news in any of the Indian news paper which says, so and so express came 1 hour late because it hit a person. There were delays of trains even up to 23 hrs (Navajeevan exp from Ahmedabad till Chennai) and even that news never came to the newspaper.

Most of the times, the news about the train accident where someone is killed is mentioned in a small size in a nook or corner of a paper, only when the victim is unidentified.

KateW · Oct 7th, 2009, 22:36

Yesterday I saw a man, guessing a tourist from the UK, who had decided it was his duty in life to educate Delhi that at a pedestrian crossing, cars stopped and pedestrians crossed. Gesticulating, shouting, banging car bonnets and my auto windscreen. He was pointing at the white stripes yelling this is a crossing you stop!!!

Poor man it didn't work.

I expressed my view to him that this is India and his response incandescent with rage was that he didn't give a s**t.

I'm sorry but I laughed

Nick-H · Oct 7th, 2009, 22:43

bsprasad... I get The Hindu and the New Indian Express every day, and I do see stories of people being killed by trains, at crossings and elsewhere. One reads, also, of elephants being killed by trains. Strange: the dead elephants sometimes get a photo in the paper; the dead people never do.

India, apparently, leads the world in road deaths per head of population.

Digital Drifter · Oct 7th, 2009, 23:59

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

Strange: the dead elephants sometimes get a photo in the paper; the dead people never do.

usually, papers dont, nowadays. not a pretty sight, innit, to see crushed skulls on the front page or for that matter any page.

Same with battlefield dead.

Paleface · Oct 8th, 2009, 02:14

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Originally Posted by KateW

I expressed my view to him that this is India and his response incandescent with rage was that he didn't give a s**t.

It's hilarious, i've seen it too - 'Now look here...' He probably had the s**ts and couldn't be standing around too long!

Prashant.M · Oct 8th, 2009, 12:53

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Originally Posted by KateW

I expressed my view to him that this is India and his response incandescent with rage was that he didn't give a s**t.

Although I sympathise with him, most likely the poor sob will be miserable throughout his stay; hope he does not meet another sob who decides to teach him back a lesson.

capt_mahajan · Oct 8th, 2009, 14:20

Conversely, I have had a couple of folks in cars gesticulating rudely at me in the US, because I stopped at the pavement before crossing the road and they stopped their cars at the same time, waiting for me.

Those foreigners are crazy, whether in India or anywhere else

Prashant.M · Oct 8th, 2009, 14:37

Same thing happened in Japan

. I and my colleagues got down at Narita, took the train, got out of the train station and at the first intersection saw a bus and promptly - like any Indian who wants to live - stopped. The bus also stopped for us.

We were looking at the driver and the driver was looking back at us. It took us a few moments to realise that he was waiting for us to cross. Not used to being given such respect it took us a few more moments to gather our wits and cross but the nice chap was not rude at all

.

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Aug 30th, 2009, 01:46	#166
chad Alive and Well Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas, USA Posts: 79	Just saw this clip on AlJazeera, stating that on average, 13 people die on India's roads every hour, and that according to the World Health Organization, India's roads are the most dangerous in the world. Personally, crossing the road by foot is one of the biggest joys in the world! Guess I like a little danger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe3UAq-3SE&

Aug 30th, 2009, 13:58	#168
chAos I have a theory... Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: dakshin Posts: 1,334

Sep 17th, 2009, 01:28	#169
lightmoment Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 45	Last time I crossed a busy highway in India I just screamed as I ran...that worked for me.

Sep 18th, 2009, 14:24	#170
ebby Brain dead member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mysore, India Posts: 1,906	The link gives an idea what a person has to go through while crossing an Indian road. Joke for the day!! (part deux)

Oct 6th, 2009, 19:11	#172
Johntrust Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 2	At the Beginning it´s helpful when you stick with the locals. Cross the street when indian people are crossing the street. They know how it works, so just stick with them. And when someone is blowing the horn, just jump to the side.

Oct 6th, 2009, 19:54	#173
bsprasad Account Closed Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 468	[quote=vegan;800423]Relax, 7 lakhs last year number does not make sense. Even if a single person dies while crossing train tracks it is a big event. Trains are delayed and the news makes it to local newspapers. Please..... Who said, Delayed trains makes news..... Big Event: No its not a big event in India. Why dont you send a query to Indian railways under RTI act (Right to the information act 2008) and ask them about the number of fatal accidents in a year across India. I dont think the number (7 Lacs)is authored or doctored I have never seen news in any of the Indian news paper which says, so and so express came 1 hour late because it hit a person. There were delays of trains even up to 23 hrs (Navajeevan exp from Ahmedabad till Chennai) and even that news never came to the newspaper. Most of the times, the news about the train accident where someone is killed is mentioned in a small size in a nook or corner of a paper, only when the victim is unidentified.

Oct 7th, 2009, 22:36	#174
KateW Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 146	Yesterday I saw a man, guessing a tourist from the UK, who had decided it was his duty in life to educate Delhi that at a pedestrian crossing, cars stopped and pedestrians crossed. Gesticulating, shouting, banging car bonnets and my auto windscreen. He was pointing at the white stripes yelling this is a crossing you stop!!! Poor man it didn't work. I expressed my view to him that this is India and his response incandescent with rage was that he didn't give a s**t. I'm sorry but I laughed

Oct 7th, 2009, 22:43	#175
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	bsprasad... I get The Hindu and the New Indian Express every day, and I do see stories of people being killed by trains, at crossings and elsewhere. One reads, also, of elephants being killed by trains. Strange: the dead elephants sometimes get a photo in the paper; the dead people never do. India, apparently, leads the world in road deaths per head of population.

Oct 8th, 2009, 14:37	#180
Prashant.M Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,021	Same thing happened in Japan . I and my colleagues got down at Narita, took the train, got out of the train station and at the first intersection saw a bus and promptly - like any Indian who wants to live - stopped. The bus also stopped for us. We were looking at the driver and the driver was looking back at us. It took us a few moments to realise that he was waiting for us to cross. Not used to being given such respect it took us a few more moments to gather our wits and cross but the nice chap was not rude at all .