Did you know that driving in India could be really pleasant? Granted, India has a huge population. That is the least of our worries. All everybody cares about is how to get ahead of the next person. It is about getting to the destination as quickly as possible. When there is a traffic jam, people honk at the car ahead of them. Has it ever occurred to anyone that it isn’t going to make a difference other than contribute to the noise pollution?
There is no sense of lane driving in India. According to the rules, people who are driving relatively faster are supposed to be in the right lane, the rest are supposed to be in the left lanes, but anyone who sees a car in front of her/him and wants to overtake it goes into whichever lane is free, blocking other cars. This is the main cause of the numerous traffic jams that we have in our country.
Sometimes at a traffic signal, people who want to turn right are completely in the left lane, whereas they are supposed to be in the right lane. They reach the turn and suddenly swerve right, blocking many cars. This contributes to forming huge traffic jams. If only everybody traveled according to the rules and etiquette of driving, it would be so much easier and faster to reach destinations for everyone and not just a select few. Due to the lack of care of one or two people, it inconveniences a whole lot of people. All anyone cares about in this country is how to get ahead of the others. It doesn’t matter to them whether they leave the rest of the cars in a bad shape, just so long as they’ve gotten out of that ‘God-forsaken’ jam.
Cops, too, aren’t doing their jobs well enough. They are supposed to catch people driving on the wrong side of the road, or driving too fast. They didn’t do it ten years ago, and they still don’t. The situation has improved, though. Many policewomen/men do fine people for their faults with cars and other vehicles, but usually those fines turn into bribery. Of course it is wrong to give bribes and to take bribes, but the citizens are more at fault for giving the bribes. Cops don’t get great salaries. They could use money any time of the day. They definitely should get a raise if the government wants full efficiency.
All these flaws lead to accidents. In England, the driving of the people is brilliant. Everybody cares about the welfare of the place. Yes, the population is much smaller, but if everybody in India begun caring by doing small things like driving in her/his lane or letting someone else pass and following all the rules of driving, then this country will advance much more than it has already advanced.
People throw things on the side of the street. Everybody says the same thing, “Me not throwing this isn’t going to make a difference. Everybody else throws things on the side of the street anyway.”
Every single one counts. One stops throwing cigarettes on the side, others follow and soon after, the movement goes on throughout the country. The streets would be completely clean. It would be so nice if people threw things in the dustbin. It would be a much, much healthier India and a much safer India.
