Welcome To Bangalore City, the so-called "Garden city" or rather "Garbage city". This isn't related to what I'm going to write now. I was just imagining how Bangalore was, five years back. We hardly used to see fly-overs, underpass, etc. Because of this Metro project, mayhem is created. I hardly promenade on KR road these days, which used to be one of my favorite lane for a stroll in the evening!

Folks, I'm providing few guidelines here to follow the rules when you are struck in a huge traffic or signal. These are based purely on my personal experience. Let me sort it out by situation.

Situation 1: On my way to Jaynagar 4th block, I had to stop for a signal in south end circle. Timer was ticking and when there was just 6 seconds for the green signal. A dark thick-skinned guy in Maruti Omni started honking and was shouting at me to break that signal and make transition. The 10second conversation was like this:

me: What's your problem??

Other Guy: nan magne...mundhe hogo! *honk* (my son..move forward)

me: innu signal bittilla alwa? swalpa kayri! (still there is red signal, wait for a while)

Other Guy: Nan Kelsa hodre..neen sambLa kodthya? hogo mundhe..(if I lose my job, will you give me salary? move forward)

By the time conversation ended, traffic signal was already green. I changed my gear, and advanced to the next signal in 3rd block Jayanagar. The guy in the Omni came and parked just next to me. He was staring at me, just the way a slaughterer looks at the meat before he cuts. He lowered his window, and said

Other Guy: nodappa nin hatra Karizma irbohudu, adre bere avrige tondre kodbardu!(you might have karizma, but you should not trouble others)

I was dumbfounded and flabbergasted! Why on earth was he referring to my Karizma? I'm sure he would have thought that I'm some rich guy with repugnant attitude. Well, all I can say is "Owner's pride, Neighbors envy"! So to avoid getting lambasted from people, jump the signal prior to 10 seconds to green signal. If you don't, definitely you'll face the situation as I did.

Situation 2: I'm fond of exploring places and had never been to JP Nagar area. This incident happened near Rangashankara. It was around 6:25 in the evening, and I was struck in huge traffic. There was a green signal but no movement of vehicles. I guess the engine of BMTC bus must have got overheated, so the passengers were getting down. People had completely lost their cool honking and, creating a severe noise pollution measurable up to 130dB I guess. (I'm a VTU engineer, so just assumed the noise level). I was still, placid and patiently waiting for the traffic to get cleared, resting my one foot on the footpath and the other on the brake. There was a guy in TVS victor who was just next to me. He smirked and insisted me to go over the footpath, so that even he could escape the traffic. I simply refused to do that. All of a sudden he was accompanied by two more two-wheelers, shouting at the top of their voice and started yelling at me. All I could hear was,

late, helid matu kelu, keluvru irthare bidi, tale kettidya ninge....

(situation is quite comparable)

I had no other option but to go on the footpath. I hated myself for doing that because two days back I had given Karizma for service and moreover footpath was in the worst condition. So folks, when there is a Brobdingnagian traffic, just look for a footpath and save your time. Don't make the mistake as I did!

Situation 3: How often do we see people jumping the red signal? Don't you think breaking signal has become a routine process? I guess Bangalore crowd is suffering from color blindness! Red or Orange, people hypothetically assume it to be green. I wasn't able to figure it out, what was the reason behind this. But one day while waiting in a traffic signal near BMS college, I figured out this conundrum. voila! The reason behind this is Doppler effect.

The frequency of waves changes when relative velocity between the source and the observer are non-zero. And the wavelength decreases when the observer is approaching the source. It is possible to see a Red (or orange) light as Green if you're driving too fast! So when you see yellow, you hurry. That makes it green. If you go much faster, then red light apparently appears to be green. Doesn't this theory perfectly fits the situation? Now the only matter of fact is how fast you must be traveling to observe this effect. Since the wavelengths are in nanometers, the Doppler effect can be modified to Relativistic Doppler effect.

Considering the Special Theory of Relativity, fs=f0*√(1+v/c)/(1-v/c), where 'v' is the velocity, 'c' is the speed of light, and 'f0' is the actual frequency. Since Red and Green have wavelengths around 700nm and 500nm respectively, velocity value comes closer to 0.324*c. At this speed, time goes much slower and hence it takes longer time to apply brakes and stop.

I have been observing for a very long time now. Worse the traffic gets, the more crowded it is, and more traffic jams you have. Waiting at each signal 3-4 times usually makes the driver behave unruly, and they tend to push slowly out of their restlessness. Even though people are conscious, the situation makes them to break it. Considering my case, what could have I done? Argued with them? Definitely it would have resulted in pandemonium.