Monday, April 24, 2006

Sinagara Chennai’s not so singara roads and traffic..

June 2005 marked d turning point in my life.. d beginning of an era perhaps.. I wuz getting into college.. wich implied license to drive.. FINALLY..!

I waited fer tis day my whole life.. I pictured myself drivin on one of em race bikes.. id zip by wid d world watchin in awe.. jus like in d movies..

But my folks had odder plans.. they did not approve of their youngest child drivin arnd in a bike.. a maruti 800 wud b jus fine they said.. but I didn’t give in.. I wanted a bike.. and dat wuz dat..

So d following month I got a brand new purple TVS Scooty Pep.. well.. not exactly wot I had in mind.. but @ least it sumwot resembled d bike in my head’s lil cousin.. :/

And as all beginners I had a few minor knocks now and den.. My wake up call came wen I had a major accident.. a bus knockin me down frm behind.. d bike and I flew in d air (matrix eesshhtyle) and I scrapped on d road fer a while.. broken bones, a bloody face and sum skin bein ripped apart..

Folks were hell bent on getting me d car now.. but I got bak on my bike in 7 days.. and I got a piercing done as well to prove to d world.. “I aint a sissy.. if life throws me limes I make lime juice”

Now I think im a seasoned rider.. its been a year now since Ive been drivin on d roads of chennai.. and I wud like to categorise d traffic as follows:

D honkers – As the name suggests these folks honk their horns fer no rhyme or reason.. im thinking mebbe they want attention.. like a spoilt brat who craves fer attention frm his/her parents all d time..

D starers - These folks jus look u up and down.. they hv a bewildered look in their eyes.. they look @ u wid a look dat says.. “hmm.. thr are odder human beings I co-exist wid on dis blue blob planet”

D strays – These folks are very much like stray dogs.. no clue bout wots goin on arnd them.. they act on impulse.. they may jump in fronta yer vehicle @ any time.. and if u hit them by accident.. gawd bless u’re soul.. my sympathies are wid u..

D buses and the auto rickshaws - I don’t hv a nick name fer buses and autos cuz they are a league apart.. they think they own d roads and hence stop whereva and weneva they want to.. they mite go slow or go fast.. (they prolly hv mood swings often) and of corse a special mention fer d auto drivers.. money suckin hounds.. so tackle wid caution..

D gap seekers – I belong to dis category.. :D we folks spot d gaps in a traffic jam.. sqeeuze in and drive away unhurt (touch wood) therefore we save a lotta time and fuel..

D road huggers – these folks drive rather crawl like snails right in d middle of d road.. u mite b late fer college, late to meet a frnd, late fer a movie perhaps.. but u cant do a darn thing abt it.. u either crawl behind em or honk fer approximately 10 mins after wich road hugger mite move a lil to give u way..

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Russ : this post was funny..... pierced rocker chick n all ^:)^ got here through orkut..
u would rule on the streets of bombay(my home town)
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not updated in a while :p
tc

Mythreyee said...

ROTFL! 'road huggers'!!! perfect definition! :D :D :D n i belong 2 da gap seeker family 2 :D hehe.. luv drivin fast, but im pretty careful.. dun find da gaps all da time. der r dese dudes wid stupid horns out der JUZ 2 scare u outta yer skin... crapasses.. beats me how dey can b so confident abt wat dey do - cycle gap-la auto otarthu! :P

Naveen George Thomas said...

nice...very nice....u have laid down a veritable taxonomy of sorts for the species on chennai roads....u rock babe

~nsk said...

hehe well put...n dont even talk of the road huggers grrrr...to sweet a name for them:D

Anonymous said...

hey i guess i belon to the honkers n the gap seekers!!! tht was hilarious....i share ur feelings... esp the strays... curse them!!!

Bunky Jumping Pundit said...

fantastic post......very interesting....my eyes got glued to my monitor till i finished reading it..good job..great work......keep it up...

vinay said...

hate chennai traffic...there is another kid as well...

the time "less" travellers:::when the count down at the signal is in last ten seconds..n the signal is red..they honk the horn as if they have a divine right to go in the last ten seconds..gosh!!!!!

AJ said...

you forgot about the death wishers....
they are the ones in a hurry to catch that one way flight to make the appointment with st.peters in time..

manu said...

hehe. funny blog...
i belong to the gap seeker category too.... i guess all the young do...and i jsut hate the honkers...pisses me off like anything....n this categories exist everywhere ive ever been too.... living dangerously are we

Fantasized emotions appearing real said...

hilllaaarrriiiooousss!!! hahahahahaha