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Friday traffic jams are less painful

I've been observing this trend in my behavior for the past two weeks. Although I am not very calm when I have to waste an hour or so daily in Traffic jams, the friday ones aren't so painful. The most painful traffic jams are those on Mon, Tue and Wed. Digging deeper, on Fridays you are quite enthusiastic of the coming weekend and the fri/sat night party. The enthusiasm acts like an anesthesia to the mental agony of a traffic jam. On the contrary, Monday's traffic jam can take its toll on the mind. It can be the most frustrating experience of the week. You know you've got a long day ahead, lots of meetings, presentations, a filled 'To do' list and 5 more days before your next weekend party. On top of that you've got on helluva car which is crawling because one stupid fellow rammed his truck last night, or two stupids are fighting in the middle of the road or one guy ahead of you drives as if he is drugged. Now thats serious frustration. This kind of frustra...

Lets face it - Traffic worsens, no other choice left

I met my worst driving nightmare yesterday. Driving blues had become commonplace because of unplanned and shoddy execution of projects, the construction nightmare on Delhi roads gave me the coma effect yesterday. All I could see was a mile long array of cars and buses in the front and the view was same through the rear view mirror. The only good thing I had unknowingly done was taken my Maruti 800 buggy rather than its longer cousin. Although it was good to have taken a bike version of car, I could only pray to prevent it from overheating. In the end, the turtles defeated my car. Looking back at the chain of events yesterday I feel such nightmarish clogging of city roads is just an indication of how overburdened our "assets" have become. 3 years back speed checking cars of Delhi Police had some work but now I believe they are no longer needed and it is quite visible from their presence(the lack of it). The upcoming elections and the rallies will only further add to the perils...