Two random incidents that happened in the last couple of weeks when I was driving.
1) I'm driving from office to a place nearby for a Lunch treat. It's raining like crazy and the road is completely wet and slushy. I overtake this white Hyundai Accent and about a kilometer and a half ahead, come to a standstill waiting for a signal. Our pal with his family in the Hyundai pulls up next to me and starts gesticulating wildly. I roll down my window and ask him what he wants. He says in this really desperate tone (while his son is giving me this "OMG! you murderer!!!" look)...."You splashed mud over my car..." and my instantaneous reply was "So? What do you expect me to do when it's raining" at which point the signal turned green and I sped off. Guys like this shouldn't be driving on the roads. They can sit in their car and be transported by truck wherever they want to go.
2) I'm driving back home from the office and again it's pouring quite heavily. I'm making a right turn when the guy-on-a-hero-honda-who-thinks-he-is-val
Cars and Bikes or any motorised vehicle for that matter are killing machines. It is up to the driver to make sure of his safety and of the others around him on the road, when driving.
1) I'm driving from office to a place nearby for a Lunch treat. It's raining like crazy and the road is completely wet and slushy. I overtake this white Hyundai Accent and about a kilometer and a half ahead, come to a standstill waiting for a signal. Our pal with his family in the Hyundai pulls up next to me and starts gesticulating wildly. I roll down my window and ask him what he wants. He says in this really desperate tone (while his son is giving me this "OMG! you murderer!!!" look)...."You splashed mud over my car..." and my instantaneous reply was "So? What do you expect me to do when it's raining" at which point the signal turned green and I sped off. Guys like this shouldn't be driving on the roads. They can sit in their car and be transported by truck wherever they want to go.
2) I'm driving back home from the office and again it's pouring quite heavily. I'm making a right turn when the guy-on-a-hero-honda-who-thinks-he-is-val
Cars and Bikes or any motorised vehicle for that matter are killing machines. It is up to the driver to make sure of his safety and of the others around him on the road, when driving.
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Woah, you splashed mud on a white santro, you evil maniac you.
Rossi must have been cursing himself for his bad luck. But mostly these will be lessons well learned. In the sense there have been several mistakes I did while driving, and based on that I would never repeat it in the future. Hopefully that chap will have learned his lesson. And afterall you have also given him some instant gyan. heh!
And lastly it truly amazes me that the deaths due to accidents in India are about 50 to 70 thousand a year. The way we drive and the way we walk on the roads it is a wonder it is not several times that.
Quite true. Read http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/nls_ebiznaked050426/ :) It makes the same point you're making and is a fun read!
the bus was on him in a jiffy and he had to be sent away in an ambulance. I doubt he survived. He did not deserve to. But the poor bus driver was arrested, and he will also fail 2 years or so imprisonment if the guy dies. Even if the guy suffers permanent disablement, the bus driver will be in for 6 months + 25000 fine. Thats the law. Irrespective of who is at fault, even if somebody jumps in front of your vehicle to commit suicide, you have to be arrested. According to the law the bigger vehicle is at fault, the motor vehicles act states it explicitly.
So when i see these morons drive like rossis i let them pass, give them a wide berth and with they crash on some median rather than some poor unsuspecting car/bus driver.
Jeez! Is that so, till now I used to think that if I was in the right then no problem. I mean I do take a lot of care while driving, but the type of accident you mentioned above can't really be avoided. If some f@#ker comes in front we're gone!
White Accent?? i thought only the cab vehicles were white. You should have directed him to one of the streets that were flooded. he would have got a free car wash.