I second Vikranth's feeling on driving. Being in te United States for more than 2 years, we rarely honk. If we drive through the downtowns, these cities have no better roads than a Dadar, Vile Parle or Shiv (Old name Sion) junctions. In fact these downtowns have much smaller lanes. For instance LA downtown. But the difference is in the attitude of the drivers and the pedestrians. First right of the way in a narrow road will go to a pedestrian. Where as, on a freeway, neither pedestrians nor 2 wheelers (Motor Bikes OK) like bicycles allowed. So, the rules should be context sensitive and not fixed. Even on a freeway, we show descipline by understanding what other driver wants to do before we ask for what we want from others. This has to come through understanding and not from outside.
