Cabs - The Menace!!

In the quest to become the next IT hub, Chennai is slowly becoming a nightmare for motorists. Already the destination for Engineering education, the city’s roads are scorched by these colourful buses screaming their horns away trying to reach their destination well in time. Thankfully these college busses operate only during the early mornings i.e. well before the 8 to 8.30 a.m. and anywhere between 4 to 5.30 p.m. in the evening and then they are quite for the day

However, the IT and its allied service companies namely the BPO’s have the concept of flexible work timings thereby running pick up and drop services at various times of the day. All pick up and drops are through these Tata Sumo/Toyota Qualis, but the maximum drops are done through these Tata Indica’s

These drivers are the worst of the lot. Absolutely rash to the core and sometimes smashed. We had one almost ramming into us near the Tidal Park a year back and I had one almost hitting me when trying to overtake me on the Velacherry High Road. The most intriguing part of all this is that these taxis carry sticker at the back with a smiley which says tell me how am I driving. Some nerve huh!!!

Wish the Chennai Traffic Police could do a check on these cabs since most of these cabs are from travels leased out to the companies and they look quite dilapidated. Don’t know when they will fall apart!!!