Beware! Monsters On The Road

The fact that Delhiites have anger issues is quite well-known. Of all the road accidents that occur due to erratic driving or flouting traffic rules, a huge number take place in our beloved city. To add a cherry on top of this situation, we hardly show any remorse for our bad driving manners. If anything, it is a matter of pride for the distinguished Delhiites to press that accelerator down to its maximum capacity and swoon past the rest of the world. So much so, that hitting a pedestrian or an ignorant fool who follows the traffic rules does not seem wrong at all. Open the newspaper everyday and there is definitely a road rage incident in the city waiting for you to be read. Here are some of the ways in which we unabashedly display our lack of etiquettes on the road:

Pedestrians? Who are they?

While owning a car in the West is considered a necessity, it is a symbol of status-quo in India, especially in Delhi. Probably this is why the poor pedestrians are not worth a dime for the arrogant ones behind the wheel. Power is a very intoxicating affair. Some of the greatest philosophers like Michel Foucault delved upon the theory of power and its components deeply, which comes quite handy in evaluating the mental schema of a person. In this case, the person driving feels a sense of superiority, which more often than not overcomes his/her moral notions about looking at pedestrians as people too.

Full Power Road Rage