Originally Posted by Eric Bellman

Another frustrating perk of congested streets is that drivers rarely get to drive very fast. Less speed means fewer fatalities so as the number of cars in Mumbai has shot up in the last three years the number of traffic fatalities has actually fallen.

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Speed is such a rarity in my city that many drivers don't know how to handle the open road. Mumbai's beautiful, new Bandra-Worli Sea Link recently added speed bumps because too many people, unable to handle their cars at more than 50 kilometers per hour, were getting into accidents. The $400-million bridge, built to speed up traffic in Mumbai, had been too successful.

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To ensure the spending on roads doesn't take away from spending on infrastructure for the vast majority of Indians that never use cars. I suggest everyone be forced to buy two special options when they buy a new car: a piece of road and a parking spot.