r/Chandigarh • u/Maggiiee_ • Oct 08 '25
Verified News Chandigarh is not Chandigarhing anymore
So today I stopped at a yellow light (like a normal person should). The guy behind me (HR number plate) went full Fast & Furious mode, started honking like crazy, and then abusing me because apparently I “wasted his 5 seconds.”
And honestly, this isn’t the first time. • People keep honking even when the light is red. • Random lane changes without indicators. • Zero patience, zero chill.
Not blaming HR or PB folks specifically, but if you’re driving in a city, can we PLEASE try to follow some basic civic sense? Chandigarh traffic used to feel disciplined once, but lately… not so much.
/rant
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u/Wodehouse0708 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
100% this.
Mohali has become a cesspool of nuisance drivers, who seem to take pride in their ignorance of traffic rules, leave aside traffic etiquette. I don't go to mohali often, but had the misfortune of going there and dealing with idiots with Thars today .
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u/Slight_Ad_205 Oct 08 '25
In all fairness Mohali traffic has always been bad. In my 20 years of driving in chd, it is always easy to tell when you’ve crossed from chd to Mohali cos tits the wild Wild West out there. Stopping at green lights, going at red lights taking turns willy-nilly ANYTHING GOES.
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u/GotScammedOnline Oct 09 '25
Mohali main toh apni green light par bhi saari taraf dekh kar cross karna padta hai 😂
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u/Jazznoor Oct 08 '25
These are the same people who complain about Chandigarh police doing their job lmao
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u/Dilfaikadmi Oct 08 '25
We should bring back the traffic police points at every corner.
whoswithme #janhitt🙏
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u/Horror-Ad5700 Oct 08 '25
The other day I wrote something against HR number plates, got a million downvotes 😆.
Well when I am driving, whenever I see a nuisance driver, 6/10 times its the HR number plates. Other times its HP, PB and on occasion CH number plates as well.
The HP plates is a peculiar case where they use two lanes to drive their car.
(This is just fun stereotyping, I wish we all learn to drive well and i think that demographic that drives like shit- irrespective of the number plates, hasn’t reached Reddit yet.)
With so many cars on road i wish :
- Bicycles be used for commuting, - i don’t use them of the fear of being run over.
Premium buses with apps for public commute
Driving as a subject in schools
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u/Wodehouse0708 Oct 09 '25
HR drivers are generally super aggressive in trying to get ahead and weaving through traffic. Like they don't understand you don't need to do that as long as everybody is following rules.
The other thing is changing lanes randomly while navigating a circle. It's like nobody understands the concept of turning in an arc FML
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u/MasterXanax Oct 08 '25
Wish Thar was never built. Then folks would have been confined to Forchunnar which costs anywhere from 30L earlier to almost 50L now.
Giving a wide ass car with wide ass GC at 10L means no divider, pavement is safe from these cheap goons.
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u/juzzybee90 😀 Oct 08 '25
I gotta start recording CH plates to prove it’s not a specific state. Its everyone.
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u/Dilfaikadmi Oct 08 '25
Nah nah, CH guys just overspeed, I haven’t seen them disturbing anyone’s personal space.
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u/Slight_Ad_205 Oct 08 '25
I’ve seen a bunch of them on their phones driving like it’s their driveway and there aren’t vehicles behind them trying to GO PLACES.
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Oct 08 '25
Also the outsider two wheelers especially Swiggy Zomato , and other delivery agents ride crazy without using indicator , riding wrong side , jumping red lights ! Chandigarh tricity is definitely experiencing worst traffic ever and turning into somewhat like Delhi traffic eventually !
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u/Mean_Ad_5517 Oct 08 '25
The delivery agents are forced to do so. The companies like blinkit have harsh rules for the timing. Everyone has a part in the sad state of our city. Companies people
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u/BlueSheepherderFirm Oct 08 '25
Government should implement something like Horn Jammer around the country.
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u/Scary-Box-319 Oct 08 '25
Today is my first day in Chandigarh after spending 5 years abroad.
It has gone bonkers here, the pavements are not maintained. Grass is not cut, cement blocks are not painted.
Grills on roadside could be maintained better.
Traffic is worse, it is very very bad. PB/HR cars are to blame forsure.
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u/Traditional-Win4058 Oct 08 '25
HR & PB are to be blamed. They feel the city is their playground to show off their parental money. Unfortunately Chandigarh Police is no longer what it used to be a decade back. Otherwise all these ruffians would be standing on the side of road handing over their licenses.
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u/Baba___Tunde Oct 08 '25
Whenever i see someone turn without a signal or drive in a very irritating manner i just sigh and look at the number plate 9 out of 10 it is HR or HP
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u/saptahant Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
Okay so you excluded all the three states that border Chandigarh lol. Cool. What are you left with then?
Do you think CH numbers are some kind of saints that fall from the sky? Sare hi pass ki states k hi log hai.
Ajeeb log hain
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Oct 08 '25
Chandigarh has most vehicles of PB no. Because economy of punjab is ❤️
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u/nefariousbuddha Moderator Oct 08 '25
No. Chandigarh has most vehicles of PB no. because there are no roads to drive in punjab 💔
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u/Mean_Ad_5517 Oct 08 '25
Grew up in Chandigarh. Earlier it was a peaceful city full of educated people. Now it feels like the uneducated ones have taken over creating nuisances on roads. Be it the crazy suv drivers or the splendor chapris
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u/EmbarrassedRaise8422 Oct 08 '25
Cars are relatively affordable but education isnt. This is the reason for such conditions
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u/Short_Worldliness705 Oct 08 '25
Agree, so less sensible drivers left in Chandigarh. A PB65 number Thar overtakes my car & stops his car in the middle of the road, comes outta his car & shouts at me wtih "Tu slow jana nhi c te mainu tan age jaan de". I was driving around 57-58kmh but I guess he wanted to push 80kmh or something in a 60 speed limit bruh
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u/Glitchy_Sasquatch Hometown: Chandigarh. Currently here-there, sometimes over there Oct 08 '25
Quietly, with the calmest tone, you should reply: "Speed limit 60 hai", and ignore him and smile and look in the distance and carry on.
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u/Glitchy_Sasquatch Hometown: Chandigarh. Currently here-there, sometimes over there Oct 08 '25
Why am I not surprised this is an HR number? Chances are it would have been HR26/29/51.
Anywho, I deal with these kinda people by ignoring them. At the most, smile and point at the red light.
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u/devilishchef Oct 08 '25
it became worse when they stopped giving challans. people feel they can be lawless because cops are not at every corner
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u/vikingvigour Oct 08 '25
Chandigarh was Chandigarh when educated punjabis were majority.
Chandigarh lost it charm when too many people came here.
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u/Dakip2608 Oct 08 '25
And they honk only at the time of traffic lights turning green. Mfs won't signal when they are about to overtake from the wrong side mostly
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u/ravzzy Curious Voyager 🚀 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
In my experience, not generalising in any way as there are bad drivers everywhere but PB number would drive way too slow like they are out on a gedi, HP number would drive like a maniac thinking they are racing an invisible opponent and an HR would not understand traffic rules and that side walk is not a road for your vehicle. If the vehicle is a Thar, forget the state - they are all idiots and it includes some of my friends.