Thursday, August 12, 2010

Ten Commandments of Hyderabadi Driving

My recent months of driving on Hyderabad's roads and innumerable enlightening discussions with experienced hands at the wheels in this part of the Deccan have enabled me to come up with the ten commandments of driving that every Hyderabadi lives up to every time he/she takes to the roads.Here they are:

(1) Thou shalt carry at least three people on a two wheeler and ten in a three wheeler

(2) Thou shalt always have one hand on the horn and honk without rhyme or reason

(3) Thou shalt be on the rightmost lane and give a right indicator while turning left
Corollary:Thou shalt be on the leftmost lane and give a left indicator while turning right

(4) Thou shalt strictly avoid U-turns; Driving on the wrong side of the road is a birthright akin to the demand for Telangana

(5) Thou shalt drive through on observing a green signal; drive through faster during an orange and speed through on seeing the red

(6) Thou shalt never put on headlights in the night

(7) Thou shalt avoid road signs like the plague

(8) Thou shalt cross roads like a walk in the Nizam's park

(9) Thou shalt park the vehicle in the middle of road and ask for directions

(10) Thou shalt drive with only one hand as the other hand is to be used for ordering home delivery of biryani from the mobile

P.S.
Q: What are traffic rules?
A(Hyderabadi):Two movies...(1)Traffic http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/
(2) Rules http://movies.sulekha.com/hindi/rules-pyaar-ka-superhit-formula/default.htm
I have seen both as that's the only other thing I do besides having my
mandatory Biryani on weekends..

Q: What would you call a Hyderabadi who follows traffic rules?
A: Extinct

2 Comments:

Blogger zubin said...

Haha. Awesome. Though, I assure you, replacing Hyderabadi with Gurgaoni would also have read the same. Good read :)

8/18/2010 8:29 AM  
Blogger Zainab Urooj said...

Ha ha very funny

9/16/2010 2:11 AM  

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