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Andy's experiences: My Hyderabad Experience-Part 2

Monday, October 22, 2007

My Hyderabad Experience-Part 2

This experience relates to the way traffic operates in Hyderabad. The infrastructure in Hyderabad is quite good. The roads are wide enough to enjoy the drive. But unfortunately people there don't follow rules as much as possible. Driving in Hyderabad is literally a chaos. It’s like being in a video game. You can expect vehicles coming from any direction.
I got hit twice, because while crossing the road i managed to lookout for vehicles coming from one direction only.
Sometimes I wondered whether they follow the US driving style or UK(which we follow). I think they followed both. Its like a practice session. Practice makes man perfect(No sure abt women :)). So you see its easy to drive in US/UK after getting a Visa(AP is famous for large count of US visa).
Rear view mirrors here are absolute no-no. Bikers will either remove the mirrors or rotate it by 180 degrees (To check for there hair style while driving). Even cars keep them closed. If they dare to keep them open chances are that it would get damaged.

My friend had a strange experience. While driving his car he committed a silly mistake of keeping the rear view mirrors open. When he stopped on a Red signal(Strange view there). One person who was on scooter came towards his car, closed the mirrors and said "Kya pura raasta lekee chaloge kya".
Thumb rule 1: Don't dare to use the rear view mirrors. Its a waste of money.

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