One hand on steering wheel,
one hand out of window.
- Sydney
One hand on steering wheel,
one hand on horn.
- Japan
One hand on steering wheel,
one hand on newspaper,
foot solidly on accelerator...
- Boston
Both hands on steering wheel,
eyes shut,
both feet on brake,
quivering in terror
- New York
Both hands in air,
gesturing,
both feet on accelerator,
head turned to talk to someone in back seat
- Italy
One hand on horn,
one hand on holding gear,
one ear listening to loud music,
one ear on cell phone,
one foot on accelerator,
one foot on clutch,
nothing on break,
eyes on females in next car,
- Welcome to INDIA!
LOL, this reminds me so much of my own experiments with driving. I became paranoid about walking on roads when I started taking driving classes. Can't imagine how many people like me must be driving around....
"Shudder".
I do have a valid 4-wheeler license, but I can't imagine how a single person can manage with gear, clutch, horn, accelerator and break, all at the same time. Driving in Bombay requires use of all these, in all possible combinations and as fast as possible. You sure get to listen to lotsa sarcastic quotes if your car stops in the middle of a busy road (did I mention about the spead-breaker?). Personally, I just loved to hear those comments and chuckle... :-D
When I was learning driving, I had almost killed this fella, who tried to cross signal a bit late. I was already exhausted with the a tedious sequence of gear-clutch-accelerator-and-all-that, whilst all other vehicles were honking crazily (I wonder why can't they wait for even a fraction of a second? Argh...). This fella started running like crazy, and I just couldn't find brakes..... Thank God, the master was there to stop it. He just calmly pointed out, "Instead of screaming stop-stop, pressing brakes would be more helpful". (A good learning - Don't run around when signal turns Red.)
But I am hoping to do better..... If an ordinary truck driver can drive, then given enough time(?) and practice(?) even I can drive. :-)
On the second thought, it is TRUCK, so it doesn't really matter.... Everybody else on the road is scared of it.
May be I should try with a truck, just to get rid of the road-fear.
:-D
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Hmm, this is some serious motivation for me to attempt to learn driving ... too lazy to move my butt and enroll - add fear and you have a self sustaining feedback loop :P
BUT , if you can get a license , so can I :D - atleast from your driving skill desc that is ;)
I remember what my ex-director once said over lunch - he had this kick-ass car.
He could overtake everyone on ring road and blaze a trail till airport road , and from then on - people he had left far back quiet easily make it much faster to office - blr congested traffic driving ;)
Being an american he lacked the 'essential skills' to negotiate traffic like our auto-wallas :P
BTW , another lesson learned today - If you value life , do not be on the road when two people are driving V and my sis :D , and never take a ride from both ;)
Hmmmm.
Corner+speed breaker is a killer combination, the complexity of brain mappings and processing required overshoot the small-tiger threshold, a circuit breaker trips, and the car jerks to a stop.
*aadis ducks
:D
A speed-breaker immediately after a sharp turn is kinda too much for me to handle... and my area has plenty of them.
Sigh!
Not to mention I got plenty of "pearls of wisdom" on those turns. :-D
hi vaishali,
reminds me of the time i tried a car, typical movie stuff horrible experience....dropped all ideas and content with 2 wheelers
sathya
techwiz.rediffblogs.com
i say, drive automatic. that gives more leeway for: looking up songs in the iPod, figuring out the map, calling voicemail on the cellphone, shaking hands in the air to trance music.... just kidding. but coming to the US, i seriously reconsidered looking down at automatic cars. lol.
I remember when I was taught how to ride a 2 wheeler. The guy who was teaching me used to do stunt driving and after a day of tutelage decides to get me started with (as he put it) "the good stuff".
I declined back then but tried some stuff out when I bought my bike and scratched my neighbours car. :)
Tyger tyger burning bright, in the forest of the night ((-;
what's new, girl?
What is new is scaring people and 10g :D
Mridul, what do you mean by "10g"? all i can think of is the eponymous database...
MMN, automatization is a sign of progress, and sure you don't want to appear as NOT progressive. lol. but trust me, automatic is good for people like me. it's safer that way for everyone on the roads of California.
Now, as for two-wheelers. that is something i would be way too scared to drive. but since i am graduating into sports cars, who knows what things may come. (-;
:-)
Daniela, he is referring to me attending session on Oracle 10g, and scaring people around there.
digressing from the end comments.. driving in aamchi mumbai requires divine intervention. Nothing less will do. :)
w00t,
Are you from Mumbai?
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