I've been lucky in having my parents' driver driving me around. It's nice to observe Delhi traffic from inside of a cooler car than an auto-rickshaw. The first thing that struck me is that there is a heirarchy when it comes to road traffic.
Lowest are pedestrians comprising of ppl with limited amount of cash. Not too many of those. Then, those riding theri bycicles inspite of the risk of weaving around traffic at their life's peril. Then, those who travel by buses . . .but unlike earlier, they dont seem to be running to catch the bus. Buses are now stopping, fully, pickng up passengers and then driving away.
On top of those are those who can afford 3 wheelers (auto-rickshaws). Many more people seem to be using them, and the lower middle class who couldnt afford them earlier seem to be travelling by them. 2 days ago, I saw a young couple, 23-26 yrs canoodling. It was sweet!
On top of those, of course are those who have cars, but can be graded by with/without drivers, old/new cars, fancy/middle class cars. The ultimate was seeing an owner silently mouth "AC" to her driver from inside the shop where she was making a payment so that her driver would start the airconditioner and chill the car before she was driven away in a minute or 2.
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