Modified demolition derby

If you are not familiar with demolition derbys the concept is fairly simple. A bunch of drivers get in big old cars and drive around in a large arena ramming into the other cars. The object of this sport is to be the last car moving in the arena- that is the winner. Normally, the driver move in reverse gear because collisions to the front of the car damage the engine and cooling system and the car is disabled quickly. The drivers going in reverse try to hit the front of the other cars mostly.
We have concluded that the demolition derby is a close analogy to driving in Bangalore- and also many other places in India. There are two major differences in the rules. 1) Always drive forward! 2) try to JUST MISS hitting the other vehicles ... or people or cows or camels or horses or donkeys.
This is actually not a bad analogy. People routinely squeeze their vehicles into the tightest of spaces and while they try NOT to hit any thing else, they often fail in that attempt. Our car has numerous dents and scratches from being hit or scraped by numerous motorbikes, auto rickshaws and cars. Of course, our own driver is quite an expert at Bangalore Demolition Derby
Drivers ALWAYS move forward even when it seems obvious they should not because the road is already jammed, but they proceed anyway and hope that somehow it all gets sorted out in the end, which it does, but who know how much later? and he has managed a few scrapes and scratches too- usually he has scraped some posts or gates while turning a bit too fast.