During our visit to India it was amazing for us about Indian Three wheelers. They are remarkably differing from our country. In Maharashta state we noticed that only two colors can be used for them. We felt that common color used for Three wheelers.Upper part yellow and lower part black colors. No any stickers, antennas, sound setup, modification or even carpets. Only three passengers can travel at a time. But in Sri Lanka people are spending considerable amount of money for modification of the Three wheelers.Some three wheelers are just like a mobile record bar
Indian drivers are not wasting money for these unusable things.
Sri Lankan three-wheeler guys are not “Wasting their money”. they are decorating something that is theirs, just because they like it. Do you like if all houses were painted white? or if everyone wore the same colored clothes? you probably don’t. people generally don’t. How boring would life be if everyone was exactly the same.
Uniformity is a sign of tyranny, free people will never keep things exactly the same. They will experiment, innovate and discover. and that’s what you have in the “auto rickshaw” trade in India – Tyranny, plain and simple.
The fees are set by the government, the colors are set by the government, even the uniform they wear. Sri Lanka on the other hand has a complete absolute freedom when it comes to the auto-rickshaw (3-wheeler) trade, that’s why 3-wheeler’s here work, while in India it sucks.
Like one of my friends put it, “In Sri Lanka you put one hand and 10 3-wheler buggers would come, in India you have to put your hand 10 times to get one guy”.