Road Warriors

Chandru christened our group Road Warriors. Certainly we were not warriors in any sense. Pallavi has some traits of a warrior but too little to be declared a warrior. I think the naming was more of a fascination from the road network of US.

During the 3 days holiday on ocassion of Labour Day, we spent most of our time on the road driving around. New Jersey - Delaware-West Virginia-Washington-West Virginia-Baltimore-Delaware- New Jersey. One cannot help but admire the vast road network laid across US. Road development has been an art . At least for the Americans.

I wonder where all the money for development came from? Or a better question would be, where did the foresight come from? As I know all the network plans were prepared long before US became the US of today. Hats off to the leadership and vision.

Last but not the least, credit also goes to the cheap influx of labour from Mexico and other South American countries. Saying goes that the only reason US has a great road network is because its next to Mexico.

I wonder what would happen to India the day we have a similar road network in the country? Amen!!!