Ever been to Pune, MH?
Well this is one city on its way to being a metro (so say the newspaper and the number of committees that are being proposed for this transition).
But funny thing is the road situation. It is I think a modern day, war training school. All of us have our vehicles(weapons of mass destruction or atleast capable of mass destruction) of choice. The limits are the roads (we are not supposed to go onto marked footpaths unless in dire emergency and courtyards of illegally made houses or porches of legally made but in-the-road-gardens) Rest of the paths which at times fit the description of the road are ready and venues for"free for all wrestling matches". Each vehicle of choice, has to defend the space it occupies on that road by various measures: Be it bullying the smaller ones, trying to maneuver around the other bigger or similar sized opponents on the road or jam the available space.
For the ones with smaller vehicles, have to follow the rule- when you cannot be mighty you have to be slippery, faster, get into spaces around the bigger vehicles. Basically fill up the spaces on the road around the bigger ones. For these ofcourse when trying to join into a main junction, on a smaller vehicle you do not want to be present on the attacking side of the enemy. This is the side of the stream that is facing the stream of the oncoming traffic. For smaller vehicles it is the vulnerable side and to be caught there means you have to wait till a big vehicle moves sluggishly around you inorder to afford you space to move around it or you have to use another vehicle as a shield.
Also no sense to drive on the left side of a local bus because even though it assumes a speed that is normal in top lane, incase one of the people has decided to alight RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, this vehicle will not hesitate to stop right there or nosedive, without wondering about the vehicles on the left to the footpath on the left of the road.
But incase you are in the bigger vehicle, you will have these smaller pesky vehicles in front of you slowing you down and also trying to raze(damage, silently attack...) your doors or side mirrors. Just in case you are outfitting your vehicle of choice, I would suggest do away with the sidemirror, because most of the time you will have to keep it shut or someone will bang into it. If you are lucky it will still be hanging to your main vehicle frame but for most of the time it might have also been taken by the offender (the resale must be worth something).
This is just a gist of my learning in this battlefield for a short span of a year of my life. But I will definitely add more knowledge.
MAIN TIP:
If you have happened to discover a route that is usually deserted and great for you and your travel where you do not have to fight each inch of space your vehicle occupies then keep your mouth shut about its presence. Do not even in your crazily drunk out of your wits moment disclose the route., in this battlefield news like these are worth their number of words in gold and soon you will be fighting your same old road space with people who are trying it out.
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