Hello people!
There's simply one word for weekends- BLISS. On top of it when your routine two day weekend turns into three on account of a Good Friday or anything for that matter, even that word fails to render justice!
Well just an hour ago I was reading this article called 'Drive Safe' in Brunch (for the ignorant ones, it's a magazine that comes along with Hindustan Times every Sunday!) and it really struck me. Not because it had any flowery lines which I would have 'dreamt' of writing or some words that could send me looking for a dictionary. But simply because it spelt out a widely accepted yet ignored fact: THE ROADS ARE FULL OF IDIOTS!
Before you guys start racking your brains and then accuse me of not making things clear, I would rather do the needful and that is explain. Now we all have been witness to the fantastic road sense of certain people like those who cross the road as if they are having a morning stroll in their neighbourhood park or those who run at the speed of a bullet train and then smile once they reach the other end or those who only like to employ one of their hands while driving because the other one is busy gripping their mobile phone (and the list can endlessly go on).And then there are some serious cases of drunk driving which has cost many innocent lives.
Yesterday only my dad shared this incident with me which only reiterated my opinion of people's idiocy.
Stuck in a traffic snarl, my dad told the driver behind him to back his car. Instead of that he did the entirely opposite and when his car bumped into my dad's, came up shouting to him that his bonnet has been smashed!!!
Actually it isn't road sense which is lacking in people. We clever human beings have done well to save our own skin by giving patience and common sense a fancy name! So no matter how much you abide by traffic rules and how safely you drive, you can never be relieved at the thought of being safe on the road that is full of idiots!
There is another thing that worries me. I am gonna turn 18 next year. With the law permitting me to drive, I certainly have all plans of eating my dad's brain until he lets me join driving classes or steps into the shoes of an instructor himself. Will I have to share the road with all the idiots I mentioned above????
No, please I love my life and there's no way I am letting anyone end it so soon!!!
On a more serious note I already feel conscious of my responsibility as a mature citizen. It's high time that we all do, those who are already out on the roads and more importantly all the youngsters who are going to be, anytime soon.That includes abiding by the traffic rules even when the cop is not around to issue a challan. I am sure if that happens the roads are no longer going to be full of idiots!!!!!
There's simply one word for weekends- BLISS. On top of it when your routine two day weekend turns into three on account of a Good Friday or anything for that matter, even that word fails to render justice!
Well just an hour ago I was reading this article called 'Drive Safe' in Brunch (for the ignorant ones, it's a magazine that comes along with Hindustan Times every Sunday!) and it really struck me. Not because it had any flowery lines which I would have 'dreamt' of writing or some words that could send me looking for a dictionary. But simply because it spelt out a widely accepted yet ignored fact: THE ROADS ARE FULL OF IDIOTS!
Before you guys start racking your brains and then accuse me of not making things clear, I would rather do the needful and that is explain. Now we all have been witness to the fantastic road sense of certain people like those who cross the road as if they are having a morning stroll in their neighbourhood park or those who run at the speed of a bullet train and then smile once they reach the other end or those who only like to employ one of their hands while driving because the other one is busy gripping their mobile phone (and the list can endlessly go on).And then there are some serious cases of drunk driving which has cost many innocent lives.
Yesterday only my dad shared this incident with me which only reiterated my opinion of people's idiocy.
Stuck in a traffic snarl, my dad told the driver behind him to back his car. Instead of that he did the entirely opposite and when his car bumped into my dad's, came up shouting to him that his bonnet has been smashed!!!
Actually it isn't road sense which is lacking in people. We clever human beings have done well to save our own skin by giving patience and common sense a fancy name! So no matter how much you abide by traffic rules and how safely you drive, you can never be relieved at the thought of being safe on the road that is full of idiots!
There is another thing that worries me. I am gonna turn 18 next year. With the law permitting me to drive, I certainly have all plans of eating my dad's brain until he lets me join driving classes or steps into the shoes of an instructor himself. Will I have to share the road with all the idiots I mentioned above????
No, please I love my life and there's no way I am letting anyone end it so soon!!!
On a more serious note I already feel conscious of my responsibility as a mature citizen. It's high time that we all do, those who are already out on the roads and more importantly all the youngsters who are going to be, anytime soon.That includes abiding by the traffic rules even when the cop is not around to issue a challan. I am sure if that happens the roads are no longer going to be full of idiots!!!!!
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