Population and with it the stress on the Indian roads ( and infrastructure per say) is increasing at break neck speed. The best example for this is Mumbai - the financial capital...the city of dreams....
I left Mumbai in December 2006 and was back in May 2008. In these 18 months the traffic on the roads here has gone up like crazy. The other day on our way to work in Harish's car, near Sion circle we suddenly experienced the car being dragged on one side. We parked the car on one side to check. We were shocked to realise that both the front tyres were punctured. Luckily we located a shop near by and the car was ready in an hour or so. But within this hour I almost went deaf thanks to the honking of the vehicles out there.
People just love honking...don't want to even give it a thought,,even for a second as to whether it is really required. Like all other days Mumbai also celebrated 'No horns day' (or something like that). Just the other day read an article in Mid Day about lady drivers taking a no honking oath. Interesting...but will it motivate people to honk less???
I always dream of a day when people all over the world will wake up to realise that all the horns have vanished from their vehicles!!! Wish it happens some day...at least for a day.
The day the horn in my bike went dead I never got it repaired....
I remember, my Periappa, being a railway engine driver was used to using whistle only when there were directions, like an unmanned level crossing or while approaching station etc. He was so used to it that while riding his bike, I had to actually tell him to honk sometimes.
Hoping for a no horns (the ones which make noise) world!!!
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