VIDEO: Traffic is Terrible in India
And you think the traffic where you live is dangerous. This video comes to us via YouTube via Hyderabad, India.
The motorcycle / moped riders are braver than I would be – turning into oncoming traffic that included buses. Their utter disregard for the oncoming traffic is mind-boggling.
+ YouTube: transito problematico
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hwyhobo
It would be easier to judge at the correct playback speed. This one is played faster than it was recorded and may be creating a false impression of what really is going on.
chartguy
Notice that despite what looks like chaos to us, there were not any accidents. They have developed their own rules and apparently have made them work.
It's quite remarkable, and honestly, it seems to be moving traffic more efficiently than we do.
Steve
Yes. The rule is called "I trust completely in everyone else not to kill me"... Not a rule I'm comfortable with, myself.
Neat video, though.
I would be curious to see a study on if that's actually a more efficient way of moving vehicles than what we have here in the States...
Karan
This looks just like India
LaSh
Note to editor/author.
This is not a video from Caracas.
It's actually a video filmed in on the various cities in India.
i) the dozens of Maruti 800 driving in this clip gives away the location.
ii) the Ambassador car, made only and driven mostly in India gives away the location even better.
Care to rectify.
Cheers
Jonathan Fung
The video is sped up (you can tell by the pedestrians that walk at double speed.) So it probably isn't all too dangerous, compared to other places since everyone driving seems alert and not talking on their cell phones while asserting their right of way.
hwyhobo
I see the location was fixed, but the speed is still out of whack (see my original post at the top and Jonathan's post). It looks like a badly played back Charlie Chaplin movie. Someone's rigged this to make it look terrible. WR would do well not to repost stuff like that, or at least make it clear it's fiction.
Brad
This is how they drive in Thailand too. It is more efficient, for the drivers and the government's budget too (no lights or signs). It would do some American's some good to travel and see the world. Might change the "we do everything right" attitude so many people over there have. The government and people have made America such a safety first country that they've all become a bunch of wussies.
Too bad the video is sped up.
FPF422
The road rules in India are quite simple... the heavier, the biggest right of passage.
A the bottom, you have the pedestrians at the top you have the big overloaded trucks.
- Regular traveller in Kerala and Tamil Nadu -
Texas_Dude
Lol, that's just nuts even if it is sped up. Looks like utter chaos.
Krishna
Thanks for the correction
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