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Drive on!

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If you have ever been to India (New Delhi specifically), our chaotic traffic was probably your first impression of this beautiful city. Most people will find it intimidating to enter the flow of this seemingly chaotic dance that is traffic in India. I don't drive in India, mostly because my dad is terrified I will wreck his car, but also because I'm a bit scared. But as I still have quite a long commute to work every-day, Uber has been my friend. And I must say being in the passenger seat has been great! I get to observe some fantastic maneuvering on the roads, while not having to enter the fray myself. And from what I can tell, though at first it appears as if there are no traffic rules and chaos reigns unchecked, there a set of rules that drivers in Delhi are following. Unfortunately, the logic behind these rules only makes sense to the Delhi driver, putting everyone else at a disadvantage. So, I decided to put together a compilation of my ‘observations’ (for lack of a be