Rummuser’s post about traffic reminds me of how lucky I am to live in a place where there is little traffic. Because of my eyes for years I have driven only around town, and even then when the traffic is especially light. Now I sometimes have to drive home from Andy’s eye appointments in Santa Fe, but even that isn’t bad. We try to avoid rush hour traffic, and even though we have to go through the town, we have very few lane changes. It’s nothing like these videos of traffic in India and other places.
Another reason to count my blessings!
March 4, 2018
OMG. I couldn’t keep watching. I watched about 5 minutes of each one.
then I realized I was holding my BREATH!!!
I would never leave my house or my yard. that’s the scariest stuff I’ve ever seen. there is no ‘side of the road’ you’re to drive on in those places?
everyone seems to be going any direction they want and way too fast!
no wonder such fatalities happen every year! YES! you are lucky to be alive Sean!!! now of course I will worry for you and Ranjan and Manjiree! AND little Chutki. how she ever made it alive as long as she did… a miracle!!!
I’m sending these clips to the marine. he think’s OUR traffic is bad. HA!
Now we know why Rummuser meditates so much. 😀
the clip even managed to feature NZ – and no I’ve not been on that road, and it’s not one I would find myself on without due caution – because it’s in the South Island…
maybe the event of motorised vehicles has been our biggest problem…and if they are cheap enough to buy, we get one for the family or whatever…
The number of vehicles on the road makes a big difference. When Andy was driving up to the land the other day he had to drive into a ditch to avoid an idiot who was passing another car (coming towards Andy) on the two-lane road. It wasn’t serious, but it would happen more often if the traffic was heavier.
Apart from meditation at home Rummuser also meditates in taxi cabs while being driven around. Driving here is for the very brave and I confess that I simply don’t have it in me. Ranjan also believes that I will get into fights with maniacs on the roads and that I should avoid driving to prevent that as I can no longer fight nor flee!
LOL!! oh rummy.
and yes. as in here in the states … what Cathy and Monk have said
too many vehicles on the roads. (not to mention too fast always)
driving down a residential street… you can tell everyone of age to drive in the family has a car! 4 or even sometimes 5 to a house.
however did we grow up with just one family car??? and yet we did.
and I don’t remember feeling the lack thereof!
Rummuser,
😀 You remind me of the gal who was terrified by her taxi driver’s driving. He was speeding, dangerously weaving in and out of traffic, running stop lights, etc. When she complained he said, “Relax, Lady!” She said, “But how can I relax when I see the way you are driving?” He answered, “It’s easy. Just close your eyes like I do.”
tammy,
More cars per person means more problems parking, not necessarily more cars on the road. Only one car often meant a lot of chauffeuring, with one person being on the road more and spending a lot of time driving.
Rummuser,
One of the articles I read said there is a lot less road rage in India than here in the states. Does your comment mean that doesn’t apply to you? 😉
I’ve watched similar videos. It always amazes me that traffic isn’t more controlled, that there are apparently no standard “rules of the road.” I’ve been in some bad traffic situations around the country, but nothing as chaotic as in some of these videos. I’ve also been on some scary bad mountain roads, bad enough that Karen made me turn around.
Lack of traffic is one of the great things about where we live, 3 miles from a very small Arkansas town on a secondary highway. Even the nearest small city, 10 miles away, seldom has any significant traffic issues.
Some worry that that may change in the not too distant future. There is a ballot proposal that will allow a casino in two counties in Arkansas and one of those counties is ours. The thought is that a casino will bring more development, more residents and more tourism, all of which would contribute to more traffic.
Maybe so, but, even if it did, we doubt that if traffic would change much where we live.
Fingers crossed the casinos won’t ruin it for you. Our town is trying to bring in tourists — I don’t think it will affect our driving that much, but it may very well make it harder to find parking spots.
We’ve been through your town once — I’m pretty sure it was on a Sunday — and traffic was virtually nil. We had visited Bandolier NM and left via roads that took us through the mountains into Cuba NM.
Yes, we’ve been very lucky, which is one of the reasons we like it here. I’m glad you had a chance to see Bandelier and other parts of the area.
I haven’t really tried in a long time Monk. But when I did drive some years ago, I could easily fly off my handle and get into brawls
I keep thinking we’re getting to the point where traffic congestion will become so impossible people will just abandon their cars and find other ways of getting around – or staying at home. But somehow it never happens and the congestion is never quite enough to force people off the roads.
The best guess is there will be fewer cars in cities because of self-driving cars as taxis. If the service is reliable and fast enough I think a lot of people would be happy to use them. It will be interesting to see.