A passage from one of my books sums up Delhi streets pecking order v.well....
Pedestrians are on the bottom & run out of the way of everything, bicycles make way to cycle-rickshaws, which give way to autorickshaws, which stop for cars, which are subservient to trucks. Buses stop for one thing & one thing only. Not customers - they jump on while the buses are still moving. The only thing that can stop a bus is the king of the road, the lord of the jungle & the top dog.
The holy Cow. Moo moo's!!!
These animals clearly know the rule & they like to mess with our heads. The hump-backed bovines step off median strips just as cars are approaching, they stare down drivers daring them to charge, they turn their noses up at passing elephants & camels & hold huddles at the busiest intersections where they seem to chat away like the bull of Gary Larson cartoons.
Sadly their crazing is on plastic bags, not lovely green grass! For holy cows they are treated v.badly!
Pedestrians are on the bottom & run out of the way of everything, bicycles make way to cycle-rickshaws, which give way to autorickshaws, which stop for cars, which are subservient to trucks. Buses stop for one thing & one thing only. Not customers - they jump on while the buses are still moving. The only thing that can stop a bus is the king of the road, the lord of the jungle & the top dog.
The holy Cow. Moo moo's!!!
These animals clearly know the rule & they like to mess with our heads. The hump-backed bovines step off median strips just as cars are approaching, they stare down drivers daring them to charge, they turn their noses up at passing elephants & camels & hold huddles at the busiest intersections where they seem to chat away like the bull of Gary Larson cartoons.
Sadly their crazing is on plastic bags, not lovely green grass! For holy cows they are treated v.badly!
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