In a recent news update the ace cricketer Rahul Dravid witnessed a road mishap in which his car was hit by an auto driver. In the video of the accident it has become apparent that the cricketer was probably driving the car himself when this happened.
In the video it can be seen that Rahul Dravid Got out of the car to examine the damage and was talking to the Auto driver after the crash. As it appeared in the video the crash had not done excessive damage to the car and the cricketer was fit and fine while conversing with the auto driver as well as the police authorities.
Rahul Drvaid’s Humble Choice in cars
Rahul Dravid has been known for being a humble person and the fact became further apparent with the players choice in vehicles. The ace cricketer was driving around in an old gen Creta rather than a swanky sports car or a SUV. Even after the crash he was calm and composed and was taking with the goods driver with ease, supposedly consoling the goods carrying auto driver for his mistake. Both of the parties involved in the crash were seen having a conversation in a video that was probably captured by a bystander.
Rahul Dravid’s Car touches a goods auto on Cunningham Road Bengaluru #RahulDravid #Bangalore pic.twitter.com/AH7eA1nc4g
— Spandan Kaniyar ಸ್ಪಂದನ್ ಕಣಿಯಾರ್ (@kaniyar_spandan) February 4, 2025
What Happened ?
As per the bystanders the incident took place around 6:30 pm, Rahul Dravid was supposedly driving towards high ground from the Indian Express Circle. It was while going through Cunningham road that the driver braked hard and was ran into by a goods carrying auto that was behind him. Even in the video Rahul is seen asking why didn’t you brake in time from the auto driver.
Lack Road Etiquette By Road Users In India
According to a recent TomTom Traffic Index 2024 Kolkata and a Bengaluru have the slowest traffic . Kolkata has become the city with the slowest traffic in the country. Bengaluru has similar struggles ahead for it as well. The city struggles from long delay’s, on traffic lights and hence the older road Infrastructure is burden with the increasing number of vehicle’s that end up being on road every year. The Outdated infrastructure has not been able to support the increasing traffic in the city. Maybe this was another reason why incidents like that of Rahul Dravid’s car crash happen regularly.
Written By
Shriyansh Garg
Feb 05, 2025 11:08