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Driving in Bangalore

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I think there have been quite a few posts written on it but I seriously feel strongly about a need to drive some sense into the drivers.  Some things I would like to tell the drivers here:
  1. Making a right turn does not mean you come into the right lane (blocking oncoming traffic) to make a turn
  2. When it says “No Free Left turn”, it precisely means that.  When the light is red, you CANNOT make a left turn.  Please do not expect the guy in front of you to move if the light is red no matter how much you honk.
  3. When there is a traffic jam, no amount of honking will get you out of it
  4. Please be considerate to pedestrians and don’t stop you car 1 feet from the pedestrians feet, as if you are the king of the road
  5. If you pass a car/truck/bus etc on the left, once in a while please expect to get hit as well
  6. Just because the lane for oncoming traffic is empty does not mean you start driving in that lane
  7. When making a right turn at light, there is only one lane to turn right.  Don’t make 3 right turn lanes and block people who want to go straight
The above were just few of the issues on the road here.  The police are also mute spectators.  I understand regulating traffic amongst drivers who follow no driving sense is in itself a pain, but there needs to be more attention paid to it.
One idea I have been toying around is a way to reward traffic policeman for every violator they catch.  Here is one suggestion:
  1. Have traffic police use blackberrys or write tickets on their pads
  2. The driver has to go to the court to pay the fine and get a clearance certificate from the court with his sign on it (people hate courts so this will be a deterrent)
  3. The traffic police gets 15% of the fine added to his monthly pay cheque
  4. Regular traffic patrols to ensure traffic policemen/women are not taking bribes and not issuing tickets to the offenders
Yes, I understand there can be corruption here too.  However, I would say out of the total force of traffic police at least 50% don’t want to take bribes.  This initiative can help this group of 50% policemen and can ensure that at least some semblance of sanity can rule on the Bangalore roads.
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