Comments on: Blueline menace, and panic response in Delhi

By: Delhi and Rash Driving « Straight from the shoulder

Delhi and Rash Driving « Straight from the shoulder — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:29:51 +0000

[...] Blue line buses running over unsuspecting commuters taking refuge in bus shelters are history. Welcome to the age of Tata Nano. Welcome to the NCR, where possessing an automotive vehicle is driven more by the necessity to project one’s socio-economic status and not by the actual need of using it for commuting. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:24:53 +0000

True. This is Delhi, and corruption would increase.

But in Delhi, drunken driving is so common that as long as the offenders lose some serious money, its good. Let them pay it as a bribe!

But seriously with adequate publicity and planning, for something as specific as catching the sozzled, it can be pulled off.

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:55:14 +0000

Wouldn’t impounding vehicles and bikes just compound the corruption issue – more opportunities for cops and officials to finagle money from people whose vehicles have been impounded?

The issue you mention is a symptom, not the problem itself. Wish I knew the answer.