For many Bengaluru residents, planning a long drive out of the city can mean spending a sizeable chunk of the journey simply trying to escape its traffic. A Bengaluru man has summed up that frustration in a video, joking that the idea of a “long drive” feels completely different when it takes nearly an hour just to reach the city’s outskirts.
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The video has struck a chord with social media users familiar with Bengaluru’s notorious traffic congestion, with several people calling his experience relatable.
‘Which part of this is the long drive?’
Taking to Instagram, the man, identified as Tanay, shared his experience of heading out of Bengaluru for what was supposed to be a roughly one-and-a-half-hour drive.
“The concept of long drives is completely messed up, because I live in Bangalore and I was going to get out of Bangalore for a, you know, one-and-a-half-hour drive. And you know what the problem was? I spent one hour getting out of Bangalore, bro. Which part of this is the long drive? I don't understand,” he said.
Poking fun at the situation, Tanay questioned whether the actual “long drive” was the journey outside Bengaluru or the time spent navigating through the city itself.
{{/usCountry}}Poking fun at the situation, Tanay questioned whether the actual “long drive” was the journey outside Bengaluru or the time spent navigating through the city itself.
{{/usCountry}}“Like, is it me getting from the central Bangalore to the outskirts, or like going from the outskirts to another city, bro? I spent majority of the time just getting out of Bangalore because of the traffic, dude,” he added.
He shared the video with the caption, “Getting out of Bangalore is a bigger challenge”.
Watch the clip here:
Social media users relate
The clip prompted reactions from users who appeared all too familiar with the experience of navigating Bengaluru’s congested roads.
“One hour just to leave the city is crazy,” one user wrote, reacting to the amount of time Tanay spent merely reaching the outskirts.
Another person found the situation highly relatable and commented, “This is painfully relatable.”
For another user, the experience perfectly summed up what travelling by road in the city can sometimes feel like. “Peak Bangalore experience,” the person wrote.
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HT.com has reached out to the user for his comments, and the copy will be updated once his response is received.
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