> It's absolute and utter chaos, but the thing is -- people pay attention. Drivers are not dazed off listening to a podcast or fixing their makeup or texting.

> It's absolute and utter chaos, but the thing is -- people pay attention. Drivers are not dazed off listening to a podcast or fixing their makeup or texting. They might pay more attention on average, but I've seen plenty of distracted drivers plowing through traffic in India. I've also had "drivers" where I discovered it was only their second or third time ever driving a car and here they were driving me through the heart of Mumbai. There's plenty of driver negligence on Indian roads. > If a car needs to cut across 2 lanes (which happens!) - other drivers in the US flip out: they lean on the horn, they shake their fists, they rage. "How dare that driver do something I didn't expect!" It doesn't matter where you are, abruptly and unexpectedly cutting across two lanes of busy traffic is dangerous. It doesn't matter if it's the norm in India -- if it increases the likelihood of an accident, then it's dangerous. Don't forget that India has 10x the number of traffic fatalities per vehicle count as the United States and 20x the number as the Netherlands, Germany, etc. IMHO, not accepting reckless driving behavior and "flipping out" to let them know it's not OK is a good thing in moderation.