#AutoStrike seems to have directed the traffic off the road and straight on to social media

Taking the three wheelers off Mumbai roads today created a ruckus on the digital media putting this good old city transport under spotlight. If you’re living under the rock in the metropolitan city, let us bring it to your notice that autorickshaw unions in Mumbai are currently practicing a strike to call out their woes against cab services of Uber and Ola.

Earlier, representatives of the Swabhiman Taxi and Rickshaw Sanghatana and Jai Bhagwan Taxi Rickshaw Sanghatana had declared their strike protesting for a ban against app-based aggregators and even called for regulations to be set  up for taxi aggregators which they claim are  consuming their commerce.

Publishers and people have taken to social media to put across their opinions on this infamous #AutoStrike and as those 140 characters and posts suggest, Autowalas won’t be happy to hear them.

Social media serves for every taste, similarly, even in this case the #AutoStrike has branched varied tweets some humorous, witty or downright blunt, mostly quoting against the autorickshaw-walas.

Auto Union's won't get you our passengers back.
Commitment will.

And yes #AutoStrike will just drive the customers further away from us.

— Autowaala (@Autowaala) August 31, 2016

Me: Sion jaoge?
Autowala: NO
M: dadar?
A: NO
M: Bandra?
A: NO
M:Andheri
A: NO

M: Strike pe jaoge?
A: Yes!!#AutoStrike

— Mostly Carbon (@s_manjari) August 31, 2016

#AutoStrike is just another way of the auto drivers saying their daily dialogue " Nahi Jaunga " ! Koi fark nahi padta ! :P

— Desi2wins (@Desi2wins) August 31, 2016

Arrey it's #AutoStrike today.
Now I will have to find someone else who rejects me for my choice of residence.

— Devang Pathak (@DevangPat) August 31, 2016

The strike doesn't matter. These guys have been on a manners & politeness strike since forever. #AutoStrike

— Drapetomaniac (@supriyas99) August 31, 2016

Prefer assured ride over rik driver deciding whether to take me or not after intellectual pondering over my destination,any day.#AutoStrike

— Remya Philip (@RemyaPhilip) August 31, 2016

#AutoStrike is nothing but a mass-bunking by back-benchers. They will come back tomorrow with their usual attitude of saying 'No'.

— The (@Chandorkar) August 31, 2016

Dear @Olacabs and @Uber_Mumbai on humanitarian grounds stop surge pricing atleast while the #AutoStrike lasts!

— Prerna Dubey (@PortKeyBearer) August 31, 2016

We are always on #AutoStrike

Ever got any auto on first call ?

?

— Autowaala (@Autowaala) August 31, 2016

Auto free roads is the best thing you will see in the city today,mumbai is looking so civilised, Pls continue with your idiotic #AutoStrike

— Santosh Singh (@singhiskingh) August 31, 2016

Uber calls it a 'Surge Pricing' so you must ban them. For eons have been asking whatever our brains can conjure up. #AutoStrike

— Bada Ungli (@Bada_Ungli) August 31, 2016

Spirit of Mumbai. Cars stopping on Bus Stop, giving lift to everyone.
Take it Auto Union. #AutoStrike@RidlrMUM @smart_mumbaikar

— Sachin Sangoi (@SachinSangoi) August 31, 2016

Then there are even some brands leveraging on this strike for their benefit or just gagging over it.

Don’t let the #AutoStrike get your day to a standstill. Make a smart move, and download a @MeruCabs or @Olacabs App on your smartphone.

— Just Swipe (@SwipeLYF) August 31, 2016

Bhaiya Bandra cha.....NO#AutoStrike pic.twitter.com/pYHnAU2Lwf

— All India Bakchod (@AllIndiaBakchod) August 31, 2016

|| Jhakaas GIF ||
" When your #friends see you waiting for AutoRickshaw during #AutoStrike " pic.twitter.com/cbCF1uxrEa

— 9X Jhakaas (@9XJhakaas) August 31, 2016

Here's a quick data snippet of how #AutoStrike affected people on Twitter (Source - Zulu Social)

Clearly, people are either unaffected or delighted with this #AutoStrike. This does not sound like good news to them. Well, good move or not by the Union only time will tell.