BLR Traffic Conditions and Pollution

Ya well, BLR, garden city, silicon valley, friendly city, city where weather's great, etc etc. But when it comes to traffic, "Whoa whoa!!! What rules??? What ethics??? What road manners??? Oh, you are a human??? Oh, I am a human???".

Here are some of the things that happen on streets in my city.

1. The rider in front of you is gonna spit to the side which you are gonna use to overtake him.

2. The passengers seated next to the windows of the bus in front of you are gonna wait for you to try to overtake and when you are still in the process... they spit.

3. Auto Rickshaws and of course their drivers, deserve a place in the list of reasons for traffic congestion. Not just that, they run for the most polluting vehicles and their drivers, the most misbehaved 'animals' of all time. It's difficult to even guess what they use to run their rickshaws. Almost all of them emit thick white smoke which is so choking if you inhale even the slightest amount. Unfortunately nobody complains, not even me, after blabbering so much about all this and hence, they do anything and get away with it, including polluting our planet.
Also, they think they are driving a Ferrari Enzo... and since you are slower then their Ferrari Enzo, you shouldn't even think of overtakin them. If you do, they spit, incidentally, on the side that you are overtakin them from.

4. You are caught at a signal. You have stopped just before the limit line (or whatever that line is called), since some of them drove/rode past even though the signal turned red. A two-wheeler pulls up just next you and almost all vehicles have stopped just at the limit line. Once this is done, several two-wheelers AND auto-rickshaws come and halt past the limit line.... Hmmm... feels like they are in a hurry. Now, you too are in a hurry. But have stopped before the line. Well anyways, signal turns green and all those who had crossed the line (who seemed to be in a hurry), just begin to kick start their rides and once that is done, they begin to move and maintain a speed of about 20kmph. If you intended to drive so slow, what was the point of coming all the way from behind and stopping past the line and also creating problems for the people who are actually in a hurry?? Sigh...

5. You are a pedestrian. You walk in the streets, literally. Road is not meant for vehicles. It is meant for pedestrians. At least that's what you, being a pedestrian, think. Sometimes, can't blame you people either. Footpaths are so damn narrow, that you fear losing your balance and so you consider the 'better' option, Walk in the streets. The vehicles don't crash into you or scared to do that anyways. Poor drivers/riders, I totally empathize.
What I find frustrating is, that bike riders don't seem to care about the traffic congestion caused due to pedestrians walking in the street, while there is heavy traffic movement in the streets.

6. The city cab drivers deserve a mention. During the night just like ghosts and monsters and devils, who haunt you in your dreams, the cab drivers of our famous city turn to be the demons on road, not only after dark, but even during broad daylight. They simply don't give a damn, whether or not you are traveling along, just like them. According to them, you have sinned by being in their way. So if you get smashed from behind by them, like I just said, you have sinned and hence now perish.
When questioned as to why they have to travel so fast, they say they need to maintain timings. At what cost and why??

7. Now come the traffic police. I've never seen any more lazy people than them. You jump the signal or meet with an accident, or run into the cop himself, unless there is an inspector waiting to bust some innocent rider to reach their monthly quota of 'collections', they do not care. But when there is an inspector, you are caught no-matter-what. That's indeed good work. But there are several better things that can be done, rather than just inspect! What they do not do is to find ways to prevent traffic congestion than to wait behind a damned tree to fine the rider/driver.
Moreover why is that they switch of the traffic signal lights and try to manage by hand?? Most of the travelers can't even see you standing/sitting at a corner of a junction. Switch on the lights and control them being off or on based on the traffic, which is what you are trying to achieve by hand, which again i know you guys think you are succeeding in it. You are not and you can't! Jams/Congestions will continue to exist.
Either them or the crime cops, neither of them know that the traffic rules are applicable for them as well. You can find some of the cops traveling in the wrong direction in a one-way road, spit, behave like disgusting animals, converse without manners, etc etc.
However, fat-bellied lazy bums, who do nothing necessary to prevent traffic jams or congestion can't be blamed much. For what I've heard they are paid, standing amidst the chaos, trying to manage/control, having to sacrifice your health due to the pollution, really not worth it.

8. Traffic Signal Lights. There is no particular stretch of road, absolutely none, in my city, whose subsequent signals are synchronized/coordinated. By unsynchronized, i mean, if the signal you are caught in, turns green, the immediate next signal turns red. So, you get clear of this signal only to stop at the next signal just about 5-6 seconds away.
Signals are supposed to be coordinated in such a way that if you get a green light, then you do not stop until about 2-3 minutes at least. (For those who want to argue on this saying this can't be done, blah blah, please think about the amount of taxes you all are paying on Research, Planning and Development of the city). This way, at least mileage of the vehicles improves and also will there be a considerable decrease in pollution.
Another funny thing I recently encountered was a traffic signal, where normally at least one side of the lights is green, so that at any particular time, at least at one side of the junction the traffic is moving. But on one particular day, as usual I was caught at that signal and suddenly all the sides of the signal lights turned red and stayed that way for about 1-2 minutes.
Needless to say, impatient travelers, just went ahead normally without bothering about the signal or its lights, while some of the sane ones just wondered what was going on apart from horns screeching at them and being blasted....

Anyways, this particular post can go on and on and on and on....... Might have missed out on a lot of other things. Basically, every traveler, be a rider or a driver, you DO NOT know how to ride or drive.

At the least, please do not show off your new BMW. If your colleague stays near your house, has an 800 and he commutes alone daily, please please try to Car Pool. If you have a 2-wheeler even better you travel in that. If you can travel in bus, all the more better (you can get to watch babes too! ;) ). Petrol prices too have increased and they can never go down considering the amount of consumption.
Hence please please citizens of my country, do all you can to let our kids have a healthy life, if at all there will be space for them on earth.