Lane DisciplineMV Act 2019, Section 122 – improper lane change fine ₹500; Section 184 if reckless

The Pothole Swerve

Rule: Do not swerve suddenly across lanes; signal before every lane change; check mirrors first

Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru, midday

Raju spots a pothole last-second and swerves hard right without signalling — 'Kya karta, tyre phoot jaata.'

→ Car behind brakes hard, rear-ended by a third vehicle. Raju is unmarked but the chain collision blocks traffic for 40 minutes.

✓ Lesson: An unsignalled swerve causes collisions you don't even see in your mirror.

Same road the following week

Raju spots the repaired-but-rough patch early, checks mirror, signals right, moves smoothly, signals left, returns to lane.

→ Vehicles behind adjust naturally. No incident.

✓ Lesson: Mirrors → Signal → Move is a 1.5-second sequence that prevents multi-vehicle pile-ups.

Delivery partner training session

Raju shares the pothole-swerve incident during a safety check-in with his zone manager.

→ Zone manager adds 'pothole swerve protocol' to the partner onboarding module.

✓ Lesson: Near-misses reported are accidents prevented.

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