‘Pune Is A Road Illiterate City,’ Says X User Sharing Video Of Wrong-Side Driving On Kharadi-Mundhwa Bridge; Netizens Claim It’s A Pan-India Issue | Video Screengrab
Sharing a video of people driving on the wrong side on the Kharadi-Mundhwa bridge, an X (formerly Twitter) user, Nachiket Deshpande, called Pune a “road illiterate city”.
He wrote, “Pune is a road illiterate city. This is probably the mildest way of saying it. This video is from Kharadi Mundhwa Bridge. Look at the barrage of wrongsiders, even though a U-turn is available barely 100 metres on either side. Sadly, I’ve never seen @PuneCityTraffic take action.”
Meanwhile, netizens claimed that this was not limited to Pune, but has become a pan-India issue.
“Change the name of the city to Hyderabad and your tweet will be still spot on. We have our own fair share of road illiterate, egoistic, born-angry owners of the road,” commented a user.
Another user shared, “Being a Mumbaikar I thought Pune is the worst in traffic behaviour but I was wrong! After spending one year in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Pune feels much better!! Everywhere everyone all at once driving recklessly here!”
“This isn’t just about Pune—reckless wrong-side driving is rampant in many places, including Karnataka, especially on the Edappally-Panwel Highway (Mangalore to Kundapura). I urge the traffic authorities to impose 10x heavier fines on such violators. Only then will they learn to follow the rules. Why is it that when people travel abroad, they follow every rule diligently, but in their motherland, they don’t? A responsible public creates a great nation. Think about it,” a third user wrote.
“This is not just Pune. In Chennai, there are more vehicles on the wrong side than on the right one. Illiterate drivers without a proper livelihood mechanism from mofussil areas and rampant two-wheelers ridden by those who cannot read signs. You combine all this with arrogance, and you have a toxic cocktail,” a fourth user stated.
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