Driving Tests in India ...

At some point of time DS decided to get a driving licence. Process is simple and straightforward as per the Indian government, with a little exception that no one knows what it is! So, DS decided to follow more learned person who simply favored to talk to a Tout.

Tout was nice and honest man and believed in socializing. He requested DS and more learned person to make more visits and bring booty each time, which more learned person dutifully  obliged! Inspector was never available for Tests as that would mean end of running economy. More learned person was  really a leanred person and continued this process, however DS not understanding the complexity  decided to part with nice and honest tout. Exactly almost a decade now DS understands that who triggered recession in 2001!

Well, After a certain hurdles here and there, DS managed to file an application which was fairly simple process. DS just had to randomly stand in each queue for few hours and in the end find a new queue to join. On one lucky hour, one person finally reluctantly had to acknowledge the initial Jackpot was hit.


Next step was to get the driving test done. Curiously looking at the concerned inspector who surprisingly and of course reluctantly took the forms. DS stood in the queue with clear understanding that it was a priority [$$] based queue and DS always stood a chance. Albeit  the last one!!

Anyway, in the end after the test, Inspector asked one simple question :

If a car is being driven in front of you and you're on a bike then how do you drive ?

Hmm .... Curious DS thought for a minute that shitty country and city boasts only of king size pot holes and speed breakers. The best chance with little visibility when following a car lays with driving just on one of its sides and not exactly the middle which exposed bike to otherwise sometimes well engineered reckless and  dangerous citizen assisting traps.

Failed was something marked on the application for this answer.

Exactly after a decade, DS knows that correct theortical answer was to follow the car in the middle and assumption inspector made was that car would follow lane discipline. However, each time a dangerous trap is negotiated everyday for at least 20 times. DS knows that practical and life saving answer would still be to stand by the same thinking. You may not get a licence this way but would hold onto precious life to apply many more times for the same !!