Things NOT to do while in the USA

• Not get your driver's license in India and depend on friends/colleagues for commuting and weekend trips.
• Carry a driver's license which is in a non-English language or which looks more like an application form than like the license itself.
• Not get ECNR (Emigration Check Not Required) stamp on the passport and put doubts in minds of the immigration officers whether you passed the 10^th grade or not.
• Get yourself screwed at the Customs counter and almost get deported.
• Get caught for over-speeding.
• Sleep in the back seat of the car.
• Sleep in the front seat of the car.
• Make random long-drive plans late in the night and get caught for jumping the signal.
• Get your car towed away and stand helplessly on the road at midnight.
• Take a trip back home in the towing truck.
• Try to get out of the car before the cop reaches your car.
• Try to bribe the cop.
• Argue with the cop.
• Get out of your car to see what was happening when the cops block the road in front of you.
• Spend a couple of hours in burning audio CDs for the long drive, when data CDs too work in the car stereo system.
• Think that you look old enough not to carry any age proof while purchasing alcohol.
• Not keep the door open for the people following you and let it close on their face.
• Not understand the question "For Here or To Go?"
• Not tip the waiters or tip them less than 10% of the bill amount.
• Go on a shopping spree since it's so easy to order things online.
• Blog about the things you did in the US.

Welcome to the roads of United States of America (Part 2)

It's all happening here, baby...San Francisco...11:30pm...signal turns yellow as we are crossing it...cop follows our car...almost points a gun at us...car stopped...claims we jumped the signal...we argue...cop claims invalid driving licence...we argue...vehicle towed away...we are left stranded on the road shivering in the cold...see you in the court!

(Taken from: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=211819975530122)

Welcome to the roads of United States of America

4 people driving from Los Angeles to Redwood City...US Route 101...90mph...police vehicle follows and stops their car...manage to escape without a fine, but with a warning...1am...65mph...a car zooms past...at least 120mph...one cop vehicle zooms past and starts chasing the speeding car...another cop vehicle zooms past...3..4..5..6..7 cop vehicles one after another...4 people still driving at 65mph wondering what's going on...smoke...was there a shoot out?...police vehicles block the way right in front of 4 people's car...leaving a long trail of vehicles behind them...cops take position with guns and rifles...some of the cops start marching towards the side of the highway into the woods...probably a criminal/terrorist running away from police...vehicles are allowed to pass by from a side lane while the operation still continues...4 people still wondering what had exactly happened...was the criminal caught?...feels like a sequence taken right out of a Hollywood movie...welcome to the roads of United States of America!

(Taken from: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=205485416163578)