At one point in time, Auto was the easiest, most convenient and fastest mode of commuting for me!!! I have, at some time, believed a rick gets you faster to the destination than a car :P
After a longggg time, today I travelled almost half the city by auto!! That's when I realised so many things that I fail to notice when I drive.....what's frustrating when you drive is hilarious when you are a spectator/a passenger in an auto!!!
Snippets of the typical Hyderabad traffic:
- Bullock cart on the extremeee right lane, which supposedly is the 'fast lane'
- A fully loaded RTC bus, sincerely taking the left lane and leaving the entire right lane empty, BUT still a scooter-ist hopelessly tries to overtake the bus from the left :D
- Its a routine by the day to witness conituous, impatient honking at the traffic signal, especially when there is a 'stop' light - but I saw this one kid on a bicycle honking a BMW in a way to say "MOVE IT" - EHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
- MCH tank watering all plants in the world in peak traffic area, under the scorching heat, slowwlly moving around - in the right lane!!
- Road Sweeping Truck which is awfully slow, sweeping away the roads in peak traffic hours, in the busiest of roads and on the narrowest of flyovers!!
Exceptionally hot weather, equally dusty, thoroughly polluted roads, a total wrong time to travel in an auto - yet - it was FUN!
