Motoring in India is not for the faint-hearted. Traffic regulations are still in the idea stage save in the big cities. Our friends there were appalled that we proposed to drive our own car at all, let alone across India and back in a 1936 Rolls. They warned us strongly against driving across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where nobody speaks a word of English, there is no tourist infrastructure and dacoits and other kidnappers block the roads and extort money.