We have a rental car which is chauffer driven (any other way wont work I think) and I asked the driver if he would let me drive. Reluctantly he did and I had a ball. Drive in the Banjara Hills area was not challenging at all. We had to go to the Begumpet Airport junction and once I passed Hyderabad Central and entered the older part of the city is when I got the real feel. Autos and Motorcycles just whizzing past and cutting me at will. There was one major 4 way junction with no lights. I stopped and asked the driver when should I go. He smiled and said you will have to just enter the junction and force yourself. So I did and it worked. It proves my theory again that there is always order in chaos and that’s why thing work out. Drivers in India are always very alert and hence it works out. Each one expects another person to be stupid and is on look out. On the contrary drivers in US are not alert because they don’t expect other drivers to make a mistake. Another simple rule in India is the biggest vehicle has the right of the way or the bravest driver has.
Report card after the drive said I drive slow and always in the lower gear which will affect the average of the vehicle I drive. I need to honk more often and not wait for my turn. Overall I got a B-
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Interesting! Surely these experiences on the road have not come as a surprize to you - you've probably lived them and seen them before - during your visits or when you used to ride your bike, et al. Would be even more interesting to hear from Pallavi when (if at all) she gets behind the wheel herself. That would something sure be refreshing (for probably having never driven on Indian roads!).
Well, enjoy your drive, and hop back to the backseat when done. Hope the traffic hours treat you well!
Keep writing.
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