[Resolved]  Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation [BMTC] — rash driving of driver

Dear bangalore traffic police

I wish to draw your attention to the reckless and life-threatening manner in which bmtc buses are driving on the outer ring road after the hebbal signal while i have seen such instances earlier, today i had to experience it personally.

I was driving on the orr stretch between hebbal and nagavara today morning at around 9:00am. After passing the hebbal flyover, i was driving in the right side. A bmtc volvo bus bearing the no. Ka57f1183 route 71was in the left and eventually came beside me to my left and attempted to swerve to my lane in order to overtake a vehicle that was in front of it (In the left lane).

The method followed by bmtc drivers to ram their way through traffic is to basically get close to another vehicle in order to intimidate them into yielding the lane. When i refused to do so, the driver further came close to my car. At its nearest, the bus was no more than 3-4 inches from my left and mind you, this was at a speed of about 60 kmph. This was an extremely dangerous manoeuver which could have resulted in a very serious accident. My friend who was in the front passenger seat, could literally feel the bus and was very scared by this.
We not asking anything for myself here, as nothing major happened to us personally. We're just hoping that btp and bmtc will caution the city bus drivers to drive in a disciplined and professional manner and not like race drivers.
Thank you
Ramprakash