From one of Steemits 13 year old bloggers
Traffic can be a big problem!! Someone else’s actions can put you waiting in long lines with 100’s of other cars!!
Just imagine it, your driving and your already late to get to work so your driving faster than usual and then suddenly you see a whole bunch of cars that have all stopped in the distance. Then the next thing you know is your also one of those cars stuck in traffic. Then you relise that your late for work and now you have to call to work to tell them you can’t make it in time. Then you also have to wait endless hours in the traffic!!
This all happened because someone wasn’t paying attention or was texting or doing something they weren’t supposed to and then they got into an accident. Then because of that person getting into an accident they have you and 100’s of other people stuck in traffic!!
This is rare for most of us but in India this is like a daily routine. Traffic happens all the time in India but not because of accidents though it happens because there is no laws. There are laws but no one follows them!! There are truck drivers that will stop there vechile right where everyone is supposed to be driving because they have to go use the bathroom or they want to buy a snack.
Take this example.
This truck stopped right where everyone was supposed to be driving!! Now because of him everyone behind him has to wait until he moves or they have to wait until there are no cars coming in the other lane and then go around the truck.
This yellow bus on the left waited until there were no more cars coming in the other lane and then went around the truck. While he waited for all the cars in the other lane to pass by a huge line formed behind the yellow bus.
That one truck stopping there caused a lot of traffic on this road. One persons actions affected many other people on the road.
Other vechiles that cause traffic are tractors. Tractors are not just in the farm areas they are also on main roads and big cities!!
The slowness of them causes drivers to go around then which cause accidents. If you get into an accident at night no one is gonna help you not even cops or the fire department. They will only come tow your vechile and take you to the hospital in the morning. Which sucks because what if you got injured very seriously and you couldn’t call anyone you would be stuck there until morning.
Overall the traffic in India is insane because if your thinking of going somewhere you have think about what if there’s a traffic jam!!
There is another vechile that sometimes causes traffic. It’s a three wheeler!! Three wheelers are small vechiles with no doors. They go really slow but since they are small vechiles they don’t cause much traffic!! They are one of my favourite vechiles!! These ones are for passengers!! It might be small but it can fit up to 10 people!! It costs 10 Rupees per person. It’s quite cheap because it’s slow and there are no doors.
There are also truck versions of the three wheeler!! Here are some pictures I took!!
These ones are to carry stuff around and sometimes people put vegetables in the back and they have one guy driving and one guy sitting with the vegetables selling them!! It can be quite profitable if you go where there are a lot of houses.
Overall three wheelers are fun to ride in!! If you ever get the chance to go to India I suggest you take a ride in it!!