The first thing that I noticed about India is their specific style of driving different vehicles. Today I attended one conference run by the NGO ArriveSafe. This NGO was established by a guy who had a car accident which caused him several injures and he now stays on a wheelchair. The topic of the event was Road safety in India and as I was invited to share my experience with Indian traffic I started to think more about it.
So few things I noticed:
- Indians drive on the left side
- Indian roads are full of cars, rick saws, bicycles and motorbikes. There are few cows on roads and sometimes you see also horses or camels
- Indian roads have lines dividing the roads into two rows but nobody obeys them. You just need to find a gap where you will fit and you are fine
- people get of the bus while it slows down and they step right to the traffic. My recommendation: Do not try this at home!
- Indian roads miss road signs. The only sign you see nearly everywhere is U-turn prohibited.
- Indian drivers do not use back mirrors. Simple reason is that they do not have them.
- there is no space for pedestrians because they are not considered as a part of traffic
- they do have traffic lights
- kids do not learn about safety on roads in schools, it is just a recommended topic
- if a police stops you it is good to step out of the car and try to make pictures with them. They might let you go without a fine
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