Why have we become slaves to traffic? It is unfortunate that the human condition has gotten to a point where so many hours of our existence is spent in this worthless activity. The worse part is we make it worse every year. A perfect example is a city like Bangalore, India where mindless motorcyclists and autorickshaw drivers play bumber cars on the road. Most westerners probably laugh at such a scene as ovecrowded buses jostle with bicycle riders. A new airport was supposed to lessen the traffic and pollution but that does not seem to be the case. Why is everyone building a new airport nowadays or fighting over one as in the UK? Traffic and pollution seem to go hand in hand and have become major issues as burgeoning metropolisis try to figure out how to cope with these problems.
It all seems to be a waste of time and some nobel recipient should have already figured something out by now. Traffic also seems to make people very hostile. A typical Bangalore traffic jam looks like a chariot fight in an epic movie. Even my own autorickshaw driver got into a quarrel and became very rude and refused to go further. Is this really evolution?
What are we evolving to anyway? Are we really from apes and should we act like them in traffic jams? Does the expression we are all animals and come from apes mean we should behave like them? In our “international village” , should an alligator marry a chimpanzee? People are coming up with some strange ways of thinking and behaviour and it’s better we stick to the basics. Order in the court I say!
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