LEADER ARTICLE: Short Arm Of The Law (TOI)

Sometime ago, a Norwegian professor asked me a seemingly innocuous question: Why do Indians jump traffic lights at major crossings, whereas a driver in Oslo will stop at one even in the dead of night?

The anarchy on the roads is something that makes an immediate impression, and indeed terrifies most first-time visitors to India.

I didn't have an answer for the Norwegian gentleman except for the stock response that Indians (read South Asians) are 'like that only'.

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LEADER ARTICLE: Short Arm Of The Law (TOI)