引用(cirrus @ 15 Sep 2006, 12:07)
以前听说过，世界上交通最混乱的两个城市：巴黎和曼谷。
Really?
献上一篇敝人珍藏的好文 -
印度交规Driving in India (from
http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?t=21733)his just came my way via email. It has some stereotypes but for folks who have driven (or have been driven) in India, you might relate. Regardless, it's funny. A little afternoon humor isn't so bad!
Enjoy.
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Rules Of The Road, Indian Style
Traveling on Indian Roads is an almost hallucinatory
potion of sound, spectacle and experience. It is
frequently heart-rending, sometimes hilarious, mostly
exhilarating, always unforgettable -- and, when you
are on the roads, extremely dangerous. Most Indian
road users observe a version of the Highway Code based
on a Sanskrit text. These 12 rules of the Indian road
are published for the first time in English:
ARTICLE I:
The assumption of immortality is required of all road
users.
ARTICLE II:
Indian traffic, like Indian society, is structured on
a strict caste system. The following precedence must
be accorded at all times. In descending order, give
way to:Cows, elephants, heavy trucks, buses, official
cars, camels, light trucks, buffalo, jeeps, ox-carts,
private cars, motorcycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws,
pigs, pedal rickshaws, goats, bicycles
(goods-carrying), handcarts, bicycles
(passenger-carrying), dogs, pedestrians.
ARTICLE III:
All wheeled vehicles shall be driven in accordance
with the maxim: to slow is to falter, to brake is to
fail, to stop is defeat. This is the Indian drivers'
mantra.
ARTICLE IV: Use of horn (also known as the sonic
fender or aural amulet):
Cars (IV,1,a-c):
1. Short blasts (urgent) indicate supremacy, i.e., in
clearing dogs, rickshaws and pedestrians from path.
2. Long blasts (desperate) denote supplication, i.e.,
to oncoming truck: "I am going too fast to stop, so
unless you slow down we shall both die". In extreme
cases this may be accompanied by flashing of
headlights (frantic).
3. Single blast (casual) means: "I have seen someone
out of India's 870 million whom I recognise," "There
is a bird in the road (which at this speed could go
through my windscreen)," or "I have not blown my horn
for several minutes."
Trucks and buses (IV,2,a):
A. All horn signals have the same meaning, viz: "I
have an all-up weight of approximately 12.5 tons and
have no intention of stopping, even if I could." This
signal may be emphasised by the use of headlamps.
ARTICLE V remains subject to the provision of Order
of Precedence in Article II, above.
ARTICLE VI: All manoeuvres, use of horn and evasive
action shall be left until the last possible moment.
ARTICLE VII: In the absence of seat belts (which
there is), car occupants shall wear garlands of
marigolds. These should be kept fastened at all times.
ARTICLE VIII:
1. Rights of way: Traffic entering a road from the
left has priority. So has traffic from the right, and
also traffic in the middle.
2. Lane discipline (VII,1): All Indian traffic at all
times and irrespective of direction of travel shall
occupy the centre of the road.
ARTICLE IX: Roundabouts: India has no roundabouts.
Apparent traffic islands in the middle of crossroads
have no traffic management function. Any other
impression should be ignored.
ARTICLE X: Overtaking is mandatory. Every moving
vehicle is required to overtake every other moving
vehicle, irrespective of whether it has just overtaken
you. Overtaking should only be undertaken in suitable
conditions, such as in the face of oncoming traffic,
on blind bends, at junctions and in the middle of
villages/city centres. No more than two inches should
be allowed between your vehicle and the one you are
passing -- and one inch in the case of bicycles or
pedestrians.
ARTICLE XI: Nirvana may be obtained through the
head-on crash.
ARTICLE XII: Reversing: no longer applicable since no
vehicle in India has reverse gear.
（脸红一下，骂人了）
