Read on. The focus is about the extent we have lost respect and consideration for a fellow human being.
Take the paradoxical instance of light being the reason for blindness! Thanks to the “lost and not-found” road tax paid, we are all aware that Indian streets, let alone the rural, even the urban top notch roads don't have street lights. Would there be any other reason other than ignorance, nauseating pride, and disrespect for fellow beings for one to drive around with their high beam lights on? Is the well educated, techno savvy, enterprising Indian ignorant that one should drive with his low beam lights unless he is on a deserted stretch? Do we need to run some campaign to get them aware on the danger involved in driving with lights on high beam? Being aware of the unpredictability of Indian roads, rash driving and jaywalking, it can cost many lives if the headlight of an oncoming vehicle blinds you completely. An alarmingly large chunk of accidents that happen in the nights are due to glaring high beams. To make it worse we have ruthless owners who use extra bright or halogen white bulbs as an attention seeking technique. Why should they bother if their attention seeking techniques would cost some ones life? Please express your thoughts and suggestions towards why people take this lightly. Is there any thing we could do to ensure we all drive with our low beam lights on? Is getting the traffic cops to fine them the only way, or is there a long run solution which will get our citizens to think about and respect a fellow human being? We could either evoke the feeling of brotherhood and respect for our fellow human beings or just shrug our shoulders and say
“Why bother”.We need not bother and there will be a day when incidents like what happend in Nithari would be just common.
3 comments:
hmmm..with riding shotgun wid u,pardner,i exactly know wht u mean...
In this fast paced world where everyone is in a mad rush to get somewhere, its lil wonder that drivers don't stop to think about the dangers in store cos they are too busy vroooming their way around.
Time for a reality check, time we start to drive towards being safe! Orelse we might just be well on our way to cannibalism!
Completely agree… and how can we forget about the basic courtesy of stopping the car while there are pedestrians and other vehicles already half way through trying to cross the road. We still don’t care and try going through them in a hurry to reach somewhere. Well…how inconsiderate can one be?
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