The Brake Inspectors of Bangalore

Wheels, This one's for you.

These are pictures of Bangalore's new Brake Inspectors on secondment from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Horticulture. They usually lounge languidly in the centre of Airport road and test the brakes of unsuspecting motorists. This is quite OK on a lazy Saturday afternoon like this, but at 9 AM on a Monday morning, it can be extremely upsetting.

The paradox that this country is, never ceases to amaze me. Just over that yellow wall is a high tech laboratory that designs and mantains Jet engines!

ps: "Wheels" is my nickname for a particular "Executive Protection Specialist" in the entourage of a prominent North American business personality. We've had a lot of adventures involving cars, Indian Police, Drag Racers and the varied Fauna of this beautiful country. One day, while testing the mettle of a magnificent German automobile, we were accosted by the Brake Testers close to the location in the photograph. In my neglect of seatbelt sense, I left a gruesome crack in the windscreen (thanks to a $10 metal watch). Wheels just wanted to make sure others are warned.