traffic
The vivid trams of Prague
I love trams! May be because the city that I live in is devoid of them. They are slow-moving, and adds a certain charm to the streets that they snake through. The trams in Prague, unlike the ones in Germany, are hardly occupied. It adds to the laid-back lifestyle of the people of Prague. Wish [...]
Google’s initiative to solve the vehicular traffic problem – Crowdsourcing at work!
Getting stuck in rush hour traffic, and one swearing at not able to get to work on time has become a routine – thanks to the ever increasing number of vehicles on road, and the ever diminishing civic and common sense of the people driving them. I’m sure most of us have no clue as [...]
How to get maximum mileage out of your car in tropical conditions
There are thousands of articles on the world wide web talking about getting maximum mileage out of your car. Just like the millions of car owners that wanted to get the most mileage out of their cars, I was reading through dozens of ‘how to’ articles on ‘hypermiling’. Hypermiling is a term coined by Wayne Gerdes, and hypermilers are those drivers striving to exceed the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) fuel economy rating of their vehicles.
I’m not going to talk about the cars and their mileage efficiencies in the US and Europe, but in a country like India where one cannot exceed 35-60 kmph inside congested city roads. Also, enormous traffic jams that happen due to the callous..
Helmet, and the ordeals with the traffic police…
From my vast experience of my encounters with dogs and traffic policemen, I never look at their eyes, and if I did, I’ve invited trouble already. One vague stare at a rabies stricken dog, it starts barking and comes running at you. It actually pains me to draw an analogy here, but…
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