Clearly you haven’t read Shantaram yet. In the early part of the book, Lin – the narrator – is travelling in a taxi with his Indian guide. Their driver is reckless, either a lunatic or out of his head on noxious substances. Eventually, he smashes into a hand drawn cart, sending several people flying. The driver is mometarily concussed. The taxi is boxed in by other cars, so Lin and his guide can’t get out of their rear doors. The guide is frantic to escape; Lin assumes this is because the taxi might explode in flames. They clambour over the front seats, and once out, run until they are well clear. Lin looks back and comments on the taxi not having been engulfed by flames. His guide explains that that was not a problem; the likelihood – or near certainty – of their being lynched was. He points out that the driver has been dragged from his cab and is being beaten senseless by the angry crowd that has gathered. That, apparently, is the standard fate for those deemed to have been the cause of accidents. Presumably, the reason the passengers are considered as guilty as the driver is because if they hadn’t commandeered the taxi in the first place, the accident would never have happened!!!