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Road Rage Vol. 2

You are stuck in traffic. You are wondering who should you kill first. The guy in the red car who just changed his lane the fifth time, the cyclist who believes he is faster than you or the guy on the motorbike who’s been yapping away on his cell phone for the past five minutes and then the light goes green and the hope of getting out of this mess rekindles but not for too long because by the time you reach the white line, the signal turns red again.

Disappointed, you stop, curse your luck and try to relax and then this guy on a motorbike comes from behind, dodging all the cars and auto rickshaws, stops right next to you and then after few secs, starts his bike again and crosses all kinds of lines and happily positions his bike in front of you. No freaking, kidding. Right in front of you. Way ahead of the white line. Making you look like a fool for following the rules.

Now you are sure that you want to kill him but then decide to be the bigger person and let it go. The light turns green and you feel relieved and are ready to go but you can’t. Why? Because the f**ker in front to you can’t start his bike. People behind you are honking, everyone around you is moving and you are sitting helplessly and then when its too much, you start honking too and then what does he do, he looks at you, gives a broad smile and makes a gesture, as if to say. “Well, it’s not my fault. It can happen to anybody, right?”

Then you finally reach home, almost forget about it and the next day morning, the whole thing comes back to you on your way to office and to vent your anger, you write a post about it on your blog.

November 30, 2005

11 Comments

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  1. Akanksha
    November 30, 2005 at 10:52 am #

    he he he!.. me comes in a cab.. me is not very bothered with traffic jams.. me listens to fm in d cab and chills..
    me is happy!!

  2. RR
    November 30, 2005 at 11:08 am #

    Everone makes way for the bullet: Get one dude. I am also willing to offer hopes worth Rs 1 lakh. No I’ll do one better. I offer you hopes worth Rs 1 lakh and 1 paise.

  3. Lucio
    November 30, 2005 at 11:26 am #

    I say kill em all!

  4. Raj
    December 1, 2005 at 9:34 am #

    @akanksha: ya, i know, i know. But atleast i am stuck in a jam once in a while. Your cab is stuck everyday.

    @yogi:
    //Everone makes way for the bullet//
    I don’t know if you r familiar with bangalore or not nut the only things people make way here for are cows and monster BMTC buses. Anywho, thanks for the extra one paise. I’ll use it for buying a hummer.

    @lucio: Heh. Now that would be a massacre worth its while.

  5. Sarah
    December 2, 2005 at 11:54 am #

    This is why I dont have a car and ride public transportation which is decent in Chicago. However, when I used to drive I found that being a rockstar in my car made it all better. And the people around me were entertained as well!

  6. Raj
    December 2, 2005 at 12:36 pm #

    @sarah: Thanks for dropping by. Unfortunately, public trasport here sucks so there’s no choice. And yes, singing helps. So does cursing.

  7. Drew
    December 3, 2005 at 12:03 pm #

    I totally agree with you about road rage. By the way, thanks for stopping by my blog. I’ve got a post on road rage (an open letter to all fucktard drivers).

  8. Raj
    December 5, 2005 at 10:26 am #

    @drew: Hey. I’ll make sure to read your post.

  9. Xohra
    December 10, 2005 at 9:15 am #

    lol wow.. I dont drive(when you learn to drive, no one will take you anywhere nemor :P !), but that must be terrible :P .

  10. Raj
    December 10, 2005 at 11:46 am #

    @xohra: Yeah, thats true but that also makes you dependent on others, doesn’t it?

  11. Shruthi
    December 23, 2005 at 2:04 pm #

    Ah you poor being – and it’s very obvious you live in Bangalore :)

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