Traffic in Pune:

Start early morning to office is heaven on Pune roads, its winter and the thick - thin fog still gazing over the river water. Traveling through the fog, racing over the cracked road is a real experience. Riders wearing bandit queen covers on their face to protect themselves from icy winds. I consider my self lucky having metallic cover around me and get protected from winter. The good old cycle riders are having a good time generating hot waves in their body while peddling themselves. The roads in Pune are like travelling through thick and thin waterways which travels after a heavy rain. Few roads are like Hema Malini cheeks which is compared by Mr Laloo Prasadji. Some are like camel walking on the sand dunes.

Few hours later the roads are filled like a huge bunch of mice running towards a direction after a signal turns Orange, Red or Orange, Green. Center of the city in the middle of the day, the only way to move is sideway like a crab, if you drive rash you are alive end of the day, if you follow rules you end up in the grave. Be it Two wheels / Four wheels or six wheels if you can drive in Pune city, you got a license in the any part of the world. Signals and cops , they do not have any other work so they are standing on the corner of the road, watching the flow helpless.

Traveling through wide cement roads, every single day I have to see dogs who are smacked down by heavy vehicles, Remember my good days staying abroad where pet are treated more than a human being. Dogs sorry !!! canines and bulky pussy cats get treatment of a human kiddo. They too are quite discipline and walk in their own style rather than behave like our local dogs. Lucky doggies. So these smacked dogs later turned to plain flat leather.

I won’t describe much of Pune road traffic since all the readers are aware about the traffic, but need to specifically mention about red tanks the PMPML, dare you give a challenge to these tanks, you need to give them way like VIP’s convoys. Recently the mishaps have decreased; heard drivers are trained to drive the bus with valid license.

It’s a great curiosity what runs through the mind of foreign guest visiting Pune city? I asked one of my foreign guest, the reply I got was from his no expression on his face or rather what to say about Pune traffic, since some first time guest would be a state of shock such countries exist in this world.

If you go into hardcore area of Pune having narrow lanes and streets one would be amaze how these spoke less vehicles dodge each other, if you watch these scene from a satellite you will feel its like ants not running in one line and connecting there antenna’s and getting themselves away. People living besides these narrow lanes must be allergic to oxygen since they would be addicted to more carbon monoxide and carbon dixiode. Let give them pure oxygen they will be dead.


One of my cousin from US was here after a long time and as a habit he fasten the seat belt before starting the adventure trip to Pune City, I told him the cops will fine if you put on you seat belt And sitting besides me, the drive kept his mouth open and heart pounding while zig zagging through the traffic jungle. Next he awarded me WRC (World Rally Championship) award.
Rick guys are jumping jacks zoom zoom and they make you reach your destination in no time. While the ride they ensure you are jumping while sitting behind ding dong ding dong, they will ensure you are ready milkshake. The three wheeler fighter planes have extra zoom power to move around the city.

Round abouts in city are the common signs to take turn left, right, up, down.