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Essay Archive - Driving Laws in India
Driving Laws in India
 	Traveling in India is an almost hallucinatory mixture of sound and sight.
It is frequently heart-rending, sometimes hilarious, mostly exhilarating,
always unforgettable - and, when you are on the roads, extremely dangerous.
	Most Indian road users observe a version of the Highway Code based on
some ancient text or on the position of the moon.  In general the 12 rules of
the Indian road code are:
ARTICLE I
	The assumption of immortality is required of all road users.
ARTICLE II
	The following Order of Precedence must be accorded at all times.  In
descending order give way to: cows, elephants, heavy trucks, buses, ....
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