29 December 2025

Experiences on the Roads of India

 The highlight of the recent Member’s meeting was a talk given by Committee member Andrew Burnett about his experiences on the roads of India. The overall impression was that all rules are open to interpretation, or simply ignored most of the time. The picture which sticks in my mind is that of a family of five - Mum, Dad, 2 kids and presumably Grandma - riding a relatively small motorbike without a single helmet between them!

 

Not quite five but you get the picture

Mirror, Signal, Manaaaaaaaaaaargh!

A couple of weeks ago, driving from Hereford towards Worcester, I joined a line of traffic behind a large, slow HGV at the bottom of Fromes ...