And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.
(To be fair, he’s not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat – but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)
ITT: Some people want OOP’s wife and kid to walk to school on what’s essentially a highway. Others seem to realize that there might be a reason why OOP’s wife needs the car, and given that OOP’s done 65000 km in 15 years, he’s not exactly doing a whole lot of driving with it.
There’s also suggestions of using public transport, but if that even exists for their route, OOP’s wife can’t exactly just go walk on a bus, she could get gang raped, because this is Delhi.
We’re not talking about a big SUV either. It’s a tiny little hatchback, the most city-friendly car possible:
The situation sucks for everyone involved. Whereas in the west we’re used to it being just a transit availability issue, in parts of the world there’s also the safety issue. Yes, the famous gang-rape-set-on-fire-murder case was 13 years ago, but that doesn’t mean Delhi is magically safe now. It’s still a huge issue.
If he walked then he’d realise how dangerous carbrained roads were and maybe be a bit more supportive of bicycle lanes and pedestrian roads.
1 km can be walked in 10 min. A car is an extreme waste of time and money for that.
It seems like he’s suffering under the system and not enjoying it. I don’t think he’s saying he likes driving. People who drive cars like that usually do it out of necessity not the desire to drive.
The has got to be an alternate route that is nicer than that, that’s wild.
But I get that sone areas are incredibly car centric and leave you little choice.