Kathy's Rebuttal

(Stu told me how to spell rebuttal.) Really, I only mentioned strangling our driver a couple of times. When we arrived in India we were told you need 3 things to drive in India; good brakes, a good horn, and good luck. To help you get an idea of the traffic in India, imagine playing a video game. One that tests your reaction time with objects passing you and flying at you from every direction. Objects like monkeys, elephants, camels, trucks, tracters, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, rickshaws and other cars. They pass you, cross your path or approach you head on (in your traffic lane) as though engaging you in a serious game of chicken. Each driver uses their horn to tell the objects ahead where they are positioned at that partiular moment in time. So of course they need to make you aware of their new position a moment later. And the next moment. (You get the idea.) Along with good luck symbols, every truck has "BLOW HORN" painted on the back of their vehicle, as though someone might forget. Amazingly (or unfortunately), it works really well. But sincerely, India is truly incredible.