Delightfully loud drivers
The rotten cherry on the bottom of the cake, let's begin with the proud teen drivers, flaunting their hard-earned parents' money like it's their own and silencing haters with their oh-so-loud music. With no understanding of road laws, their headlight beams are high enough to call Batman out of Gotham, blinding a few passerby's while they're at it. Their attitude doesn't help either, as they rev their engines unnecessarily and waking up the whole neighbourhood while covering a distance of about...nought.
Impressively bold motorcyclists
It's all a bit of a stretch to say we had sidewalks in Dhaka in the first place. With traffic conditions worsening, the few existing ones seem to be used more frequently by motorbikes rather than pedestrians. The situation that is created from this is uncannily similar to the Spanish bull run, but with the added touch of tire-tracks etched on your back if you get hit. These motorcyclists have no sense of patience as they weave through the crowd of an already hectic street. Some incidents even end with them snatching possessions from neighbouring travellers, that too, right before the traffic gives in.
Stunningly fast rickshawalas
They're in abundance, in every street and every corner, and they are as menacing as they come. Underestimating three-wheelers, many tend to underrate rickshaws and their power to run people over, and that's exactly what they do. Targets include pedestrians caught at unsuspecting moments along with drivers who've just found themselves overtaken by their speed. These little speed bullets pop out of nowhere, spitting out a few passionate slangs before finally running you over.
Outrageously courageous cyclists
A smaller entity, but in no case any less annoying, cyclists leave no nooks on the road unexplored. Be it two trucks on both sides, they will disregard their lives and go for the overtake. When a scratch or dent is made by their cycles, the urge to run them over is all too natural.
Fabulously ignorant slowpokes
Alright let's face it, people will eventually cross the street as you drive by. But there are a few special entities who remind you why they, in particular, shouldn't. Not only do you have to slow down to allow them to pass, but they'll also give you enough time to adjust the seats, fix the volume, tune into your favourite radio station and call your distant uncle before you can finally move.
Spectacularly sudden road crossers
Unlike the aforementioned crossers, these ones disregard all sense of life as they scamper across the road, usually with their phones glued to their ears. And at the point where you really try to calm yourself down and think they may be in a hurry, trying to forget the brake damage you just did to your tyres, the look of utmost hate you shall receive from them will make you itch to flatten the accelerator on their ungrateful faces. Okay breathe, breathe.
Unbelievably offensive badmouths
They hang around on the over bridges, looking down on your vehicle and think there's nothing more suitable for the moment than dropping a hawk on you. Usually mistaken for water droplets from construction sites, a pint of this ruins your day completely. May these folks burn in hell.