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Traffic in India looks similar to ants: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RavLjmWdMK4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RavLjmWdMK4 But really it's each driver executi

Traffic in India looks similar to ants: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RavLjmWdMK4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RavLjmWdMK4 But really it's each driver executing their own internal 'greedy algorithm' to get themselves off the road as soon as possible. When traffic jams occour, it's the blokes who break the rules (the ones drive on the wrong side of the road or drive aggressively) who get to their destination first.

agnivade 10y ago
Just to clarify, this video is sped up. But yea, I get the point.
oatmale 10y ago
Kind of similar to the traffic in Saigon, Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKLWZjBu2iQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKLWZjBu2iQ
- weeksie 10y ago
  I was in both of those places (Saigon and all over India) over the last few month. That's the first thing I thought of when I read the headline.
- ralfd 10y ago
  Wow, there are a lot of scooters/bikes in Saigon! If everyone would drive instead only cars I guess traffic throughput would collapse.
pavanred 10y ago
It definitely is dangerous, but the video seems to be running at 2x, perhaps to make it seem more dangerous than it is actually. The pedestrians walking around are a give away.
galdosdi 10y ago
That doesn't actually look noticably crazier than traffic at some times and places in NYC. The main difference is NYC has more traffic lights and human traffic enforcement officers -- but only 4 wheeled vehicles are highly likely to obey those -- pedestrians mostly don't and 2 wheeled vehicles vary, so you can certainly see reminiscent scenes here. I think I might actually prefer to traverse that intersection than say, biking in a hurry from 14th to 57th on 8th ave. during evening rush hour. Most of the conflict looks like just the usual "through traffic versus left turners" which happens anywhere there aren't signals with separate left turn phases

agnivade 10y ago

Just to clarify, this video is sped up. But yea, I get the point.

oatmale 10y ago

Kind of similar to the traffic in Saigon, Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKLWZjBu2iQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKLWZjBu2iQ

weeksie 10y ago
I was in both of those places (Saigon and all over India) over the last few month. That's the first thing I thought of when I read the headline.
ralfd 10y ago
Wow, there are a lot of scooters/bikes in Saigon! If everyone would drive instead only cars I guess traffic throughput would collapse.

pavanred 10y ago

It definitely is dangerous, but the video seems to be running at 2x, perhaps to make it seem more dangerous than it is actually. The pedestrians walking around are a give away.

galdosdi 10y ago

That doesn't actually look noticably crazier than traffic at some times and places in NYC. The main difference is NYC has more traffic lights and human traffic enforcement officers -- but only 4 wheeled vehicles are highly likely to obey those -- pedestrians mostly don't and 2 wheeled vehicles vary, so you can certainly see reminiscent scenes here. I think I might actually prefer to traverse that intersection than say, biking in a hurry from 14th to 57th on 8th ave. during evening rush hour. Most of the conflict looks like just the usual "through traffic versus left turners" which happens anywhere there aren't signals with separate left turn phases