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I've always been curious where the downright crazy driving style/culture came from in India. It's like nowhere I've ever seen, they drive on whatever side of the road they want, there are no traffic lights, I mean I get that it's a developing country but none of this stuff is that expensive to procure, is it?

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Coordinated control of traffic lights isn't cheap. Some quick googling says $250K to $500K per signal[1] when done from scratch.

[1]: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Operations/Traffic/signals.htm

I stand corrected then. Still seems like it would be a worthwhile investment given their insane traffic death rates.

Traffic lights are not an issue. Its present in most towns as well. Most of the time if you break a traffic light you would not be penalized. Usually there won't be an policeman nearby. Even they are present they do not implement the law.

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