As globalization progresses traffic on Indian roads operates on the principle of optimal use of minimal space. In general the idea, you can say, is that in space a rat can get through a cat must try to.
So...if there's space a pedestrian can barely squeeze through, that's where a two-wheeler must try to shoot through. If there's space enough for a two-wheeler to go through, that's where an autorickshaw must try to swerve through. If there's space enough for an autorickshaw to go through, that's where a car must try to race through. If there's space enough for a car to go through, that's where bigger public transport and heavy vehicles must try to bulldoze through. On Indian roads you see daredeviltry at its peak.
Of course, accidents are inevitable due to such optimal utilization of space. In a country rising on the wings of globalization, that doesn't really matter.
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