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Re: The Indian Highway Safety Code Book - January 1950!



Being an early 80's model, I have only witnessed the last couple of decades, of our country's degeneration of traffic sense. I used to think, that, we lack traffic discipline, because of the lack of ground rules during the early days of India's motoring history, and, that style of driving without rules, has trickled down from one generation to the other. But having a look at this book, I am left scratching my head, as to how did we come to become this unruly, when most of the basic rules were in place right since the 50's and before.



Today, we are a bunch of road users, who have no idea of traffic rules, and very little courtesy. Even something as basic as, who has the right of way, or how to go around a roundabout, is alien to many of us. And its not just the drivers/riders, we are just as ignorant when on foot as well. Not sure where it ends. Maybe, we should all pitch in and start handing out flyers with traffic rules to the people, including traffic police (They also know nothing, just like Jon Snow ). Would be a nice Team-BHP initiative to educate the road users. Tilt, thank you very much indeed for sharing this. Quite an interesting read. 65 years on, and animal driven carriages are still relevant on our highways.Being an early 80's model, I have only witnessed the last couple of decades, of our country's degeneration of traffic sense. I used to think, that, we lack traffic discipline, because of the lack of ground rules during the early days of India's motoring history, and, that style of driving without rules, has trickled down from one generation to the other. But having a look at this book, I am left scratching my head, as to how did we come to become this unruly, when most of the basic rules were in place right since the 50's and before.Today, we are a bunch of road users, who have no idea of traffic rules, and very little courtesy. Even something as basic as, who has the right of way, or how to go around a roundabout, is alien to many of us. And its not just the drivers/riders, we are just as ignorant when on foot as well. Not sure where it ends. Maybe, we should all pitch in and start handing out flyers with traffic rules to the people, including traffic police (They also know nothing, just like Jon Snow). Would be a nice Team-BHP initiative to educate the road users.