I’m not trying to grab your attention with a picture of a gorgeous woman on a kick-ass bike. I agree that picture of batman inside is bat mobile doesn’t have the same appeal as Anne Hathaway in a skin hugging spandex suit(for all male readers and a few female readers). This picture has the 2 elements that are the central theme of this post, An Automobile and more importantly a person with super human qualities driving it.

• Professor X
• Apart from the powers of a Telepathic, Professor X has the ability to train mutants. The most important aspect of evolution is to pass on the genes to future generations. In India tens and thousands of fathers and mothers teach their powers to their children. From a very young age, there is focus on making their child sit on the fuel tank of their 2 wheeler and let the children learn from what their parents do on the road. This is not limited to 2 wheeler s. There are children in lap while driving cars too.

• Spiderman
• Spiderman can crawl, jump between buildings. These are his most famous powers. He also has a lesser popular power. Spider sense. Spider sense like sixth sense, lets him foresee any imminent danger. Majority of the Indian drivers have it. We are in fact experts at driving with obstructed vision. What else can explain the ability to be able to drive with out a rear view mirror? or Make a safe turn with out using an Indicator? or change lanes without checking the blind spot?

• The Flash
• Flash is fast. Fast at everything. Though not as fast as Flash, Indians have super human reflexes on the road. This is what gives Indians the ability to navigate through the live stock and other nuisances like people walking, driving against the flow of traffic, street vendors etc etc.

• Aquaman
• Roads can resemble water ways in monsoon season, but that doesn’t stop Indians. They can drive a two wheeler like a jet ski in water. Just cooking up the idea to make a vehicle do what it is not designed for needs special genes.

• Mr. Elastic
• Did you ever see the driver of an overcrowded auto rickshaw? Or 20 passengers fit into a small Maruthi Omni. The driver is often sitting in an not so ideal position to drive, with barely any space to move his limbs. But still manages to reach his destination with minimum fuss.

• Deadpool 
• I never read the original comic Deadpool, all the knowledge I have is from the recent movie. In the movie Deadpool is cocky, talks too much and doesn’t care about anyone else but himself. Sort of a poor Tony Stark. Accidents do happen on Indian roads, especially when there is a temporary loss of super powers. Then the Deadpool inside every Indian comes out. First they try to talk their way out of things, then they start a fight.
• The Jedi Knights
• Pedestrians in India play Jedi mind tricks with drivers. Just with the stroke of a hand, they can bend the driver to their will and in turn control the vehicle. All Indian kids are their parents Padawan’s in this aspect. 

• Master Yoda 
• Master Yoda is very wise and patient. These are aged Indian drivers and some woman drivers.They have all the patience in the world to drive at a snails pace through all the chaos. They neither mind the honking nor stop honking, they neither overtake nor give way. 

• Tony Stark
• Iron man is a super hero, but his alter ego is not. So, why does he feature here? Just like Tony Stark, there is a category of Indians who have great inherited wealth that entitles them to bend the rules, ignore the law and import sports cars.

• Tony Stark II
• Iron man gets 2 mentions here. This is because another behaviour of his can be seen commonly in Indians. Not only drivers but also pedestrians. When not fighting or making sarcastic jokes, Tony Stark is often seen immersed in his gadgets. Indians while both driving or walking also do this. This actually seems to be an international phenomenon. There is a recent study that concluded that Pedestrians on phones scare 8/10 drivers. I’d say I’m more scared of a driver on phone.

Honourable mentions

• Boogeyman
• The Boogeyman is also not super hero. he is a fictional horror character. But the Indian boogeyman is a pedestrian or driver who is in a perpetual state of fear. They fear everything and everyone around them. But still they do not take public transport. A Panophobic person in reality is not able leave the house, let alone drive. But Indians are an exception.
• Pinocchio
• This is my latest observation. Pinocchio is just a fictional character from a children book. How does he belong in the elite company of super heroes? At every U turn in India, rather than waiting for a break in traffic – the nose of the vehicle is put in the path of the on coming vehicle. The person waiting for the U turn playing a game, to see if the on coming vehicle will stop or not. They even up the stakes by poking the vehicle even further, to test the resolve of the other vehicle. When this happens to me, I tell my self – ‘Huh! another Pinocchio ‘.Poor Pinocchio ended up with a very long nose, but here the nose of the vehicle is poke into your path on purpose. OK, it’s not a good comparison. But I did not know how else to describe this phenomenon.