Traffic sense and Bengaluru

Off late I have been riding on my bike to office. The chaotic Bangalore traffic sometimes gets on to me. But, the flexibility that it provides me far out-weighs the cons. I decided to leave a bit early from work this evening and to my great surprise the traffic was sparse on the very first historically jammed junction. I stopped at the usual red light and was waiting for my turn. Unexpectedly I heard a siren blaring. There was an ambulance coming from the one of the roads that had a red light. The ambulance had to come to the junction, slow down take a turn and then slowly move forward. All this, thanks to the useless, dumb road-users. Buses, autos, cars and two-wheelers included, none from the opposite direction stopped, worse even slowed down for the ambulance. This is something that I have noticed a lot of times on the road. Be it an illiterate auto driver or be it a CEO driving swanky cars or be it buses or police vehicles, not a single road-user gives way to an ambulance. Why is that we have become so insensitive to other people in need? Has the ego of one-upmanship on the road pushed us to such an extreme?
When people talk of INDIA being a great country, with a great culture being inherited, these are small things that come to my mind. A nation does not become great just because people get married or just coz people don’t have kids out of wed-lock. My definition of a great nation is where people respect people and behave like humans. I find it extremely inhuman when people don’t respect the fact that there could be a person in the ambulance who is juggling between life and death. Isn’t it easy to imagine oneself lying helpless in an ambulance at the mercy of other dumb drivers?
On my part I make it a point to slow down and move to either of the corners of the road. But, I end up looking foolish many times when people whiz past me. At times the ambulances move so slow that I could easily catch up with them and even overtake them without effort. Driving ambulances is a skill and the job has to be given to the right people. I even feel that I would anyday make a good emergency vehicle driver. I know bengaluru roads in and out and can drive fast like crazy. I would be willing to do my part by offering to drive any emergency vehicle in times of need. If there is an option where my services could be of use I am willing to take up the challenging job on part-time basis. Be it a weekly or monthly affair, I am game for it. I even have a cellphone to boot!!
Hoping bangaloreans would be more courteous, atleast to emergency vehicles. Adios!!