Courtesy

Driving in India, especially north India, is a constant game of who will blink first. Every one has only one objective, irrespective of even traffic lights, "let me get through.....to hell with everything else". Running down pedestrians is fast becoming a satisfying goal for majority of vehicle drivers. Honking for least cause is de-riguer. You can define micro-second by the time elapsed between lights changing green to hearing the honk from the guy behind you!!!
It was therefore a pleasant surprise when I saw a motorist screech to a stop at zebra crossing to let a pedestrian walk across first. As I was following in the same lane I also stopped. So far so good. Just when I was thanking the gods that some courtesy is back on roads the car in the slower lane came from behind and almost took off the poor walker from zebra strip to kingdom beyond where zebra's actually live. I admire the courtesy of the first motorist and wish the second one also learns some pronto.