Silent traffic jams: How Aizawl’s road etiquette is a sign of a broader peace

When I was a corporator, my office was on the other side of the hill and it took me over an hour to get there. When I get into a vehicle with a driver and we’re in a rush, if he wants to bypass the vehicles in front by honking, I tell him no, be polite to them - it could be an elderly person, and honking might shock them. The alternating vehicles experiment is not a law yet, it’s still being tried and tested. I don’t think it’s really worked, because almost all of us in the city have ended up buying a spare vehicle, which can ply the roads on other days. The main reason we’re focussing on traffic is because of the broader peacefulness it has brought people.