There is always noise. But it's a neat atmosphere. In fact, in some ways, India drew unlikely comparisons to places as disparate as, say, New York City or Los Angeles. Horns are always blowing, Mr. McAlister said. There are lots of bicycles and pedestrians on the roads.
Cars take the middle lane, going in both directions, so car rides turn into a game of chicken.
Right before two cars have a head-on collision, one will blow his horn, which signals the pedestrians that he's about to veer into them. They use their horns a lot. Electricity, he said, is an iffy proposition in India. They have constant power outages. But then I came home and saw that California was going through the same thing.