Traffic Bloopers

So here I was waiting at Eranhipalam junction waiting for my ride back home. Having been kept waiting for a good twenty minutes, I couldn’t get myself to read anymore the magazine in my hand. And so I thought of looking around for something interesting or anything that would keep me occupied for the remainder of my wait.

The traffic was moving normally without any major hiccups, with the odd jams when a heavy vehicle (the bully) or an auto (the Brat) entered the junction. Two cops, who were present before I arrived the junction, suddenly decided to manage traffic. And it sure was a hilarious spectacle, although it might not have been for the motorists (Thats another post folks!!).

To start off, the cops din’t have a clue how to manage the traffic (I wonder if they recieved any training), with two of them the flow of traffic should have been very smooth. To control the vehicles effectively, a cop has to be visible to the motorists and for that he has to stand at a spot visible to all. But these cops were ill-positioned, not clear or easily visible to motorists. And his actions half the time was too hard to read, at one instance I thought he was imitating the film actor Mammoty.

In between all this 'theatricals', there was a minor accident between two cars. One of the cops went to attend it and I too thought of checking it out - just a scratch. Not much action here and I thought of getting back to the antics of our uniformed friends. To my suprise, the second cop ...just disappeared. And the one who attended to the accident just came back and stood under a shady spot.

Its seemed that he got too tired managing traffic for ten minutes, or maybe, he was too scared to do it all alone, can’t blame him , trucks and busses have a mind of their own.

All credits go to our dear motorists in the region for driving in a civilized manner (Not all, lets just say a majority of them) and managing by themselves efficiently. I would also like to thank the Traffic department for not interfering much with their incompetence and letting us carry on by ourselves.