No photos for this one (so feel free to stop reading now!) - just a few things that have struck me.... mainly to do with driving and roads.
English is still a language that is widely used in India, however some words just do not translate in the same way...
Give Way --- absolutely never under any circumstances (barring a collision in the next millisecond) do you ever let someone else in! However always give way to a cow / buffalo / camel / donkey/horse / elephant and probably even a goat or a dog - I've seen them all and they do seem to take priority.
Wait till there is a space - nope! Just go.... this includes pedestrians so crossing the road is really interesting without the aid of a convenient cow to follow!
No entry /exit - why would you obey that? If going in the exit or out of the entry is the shortest way then go right ahead..
One Way - see above.... even when this involves crossing a busy dual carriageway and heading along facing all the oncoming traffic for some distance..... this is fine! (If alarming especially on your first day in India, in an autorickshaw and jet lagged!) ... I got used to it as it happens all the time.
Drive on the left hand side - well technically .... but it certainly works differently in India - especially at roundabouts (circles here)
And always remember " Over speeding invites prosecution" - Over speeding? Surely speeding is speeding and overspeeding is ... perhaps the Indian equivalent of too fast to be offered a speed awareness course!
Hartlepool beware when I resume driving - I will try not to be too Indian!
English is still a language that is widely used in India, however some words just do not translate in the same way...
Give Way --- absolutely never under any circumstances (barring a collision in the next millisecond) do you ever let someone else in! However always give way to a cow / buffalo / camel / donkey/horse / elephant and probably even a goat or a dog - I've seen them all and they do seem to take priority.
Wait till there is a space - nope! Just go.... this includes pedestrians so crossing the road is really interesting without the aid of a convenient cow to follow!
No entry /exit - why would you obey that? If going in the exit or out of the entry is the shortest way then go right ahead..
One Way - see above.... even when this involves crossing a busy dual carriageway and heading along facing all the oncoming traffic for some distance..... this is fine! (If alarming especially on your first day in India, in an autorickshaw and jet lagged!) ... I got used to it as it happens all the time.
Drive on the left hand side - well technically .... but it certainly works differently in India - especially at roundabouts (circles here)
And always remember " Over speeding invites prosecution" - Over speeding? Surely speeding is speeding and overspeeding is ... perhaps the Indian equivalent of too fast to be offered a speed awareness course!
Hartlepool beware when I resume driving - I will try not to be too Indian!
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