Catch-22

The city traffic is a snarl in more ways than one. Every day at the same time on the same road it takes a different duration from point A to point B. While talking about it over a dinner, I said that since most people don’t stick to lanes but pan out and take up all available space it leads to the traffic woes we are used to. A lady in the gathering shot back: In India if you stick to the lane rules, you would definitely end up being late, or worst, perhaps never reach your destination. She had come back from the US for a short visit. I thought that it was a sure recipe for disaster. While it certainly ensured that only a few intrepid ones got their way, most people were going to be late anyway. And the accidents that have been on the rise tell a different tale. When a river flows out of its bounds, it is definitely going to wreak havoc.