The Mumbai Traffic
As deeply I love my city Mumbai so harder I started hating Mumbai Traffic.
So have you ever sat in Traffic and watch people jogging run faster than you are driving?
I’ve sat in traffic looking longingly out the window as bicyclists pedaling past me. One thing that annoys me the most is unbearable slow crawling traffic. It’s such a waste of my life and time to sit through traffic. It seems like I spend my life sitting through it.
In the mornings, to travel 5 miles it takes me good thirty minutes. Precious minutes of sleep that could’ve been invested more wisely in sleep! Roads with path holes, construction at each site is unbearable to the daily commuter since it causes so much congestion from their precious nap.
Not only is it waste of time but it is a waste of MONEY. Drivers today also waste up to 38,600 Rs worth of gas daily as their cars idle in traffic. Heard many a times Time is money. Is this a contributing reason why India is lacking? May be or maybe not.
With all this congestion it is possible for people to grow frustrated, impatient, irritable and dare I say experience a bit of road rage. We’ve all seen signs of this prevalent behavior and possibly even partaken in them.
Road rage symptoms include driving aggressively, cutting others off, flashing lights or honking the horn excessively, yelling or exhibiting disruptive behavior, rude gestures, and etc.
Let’s admit it we have all demonstrated of those behaviors at one point. I don’t know where this city will end up but still have many hopes with it may be we have a better tomorrow.
Vinod Duvasi 