Just Thinking

I had an accident a few days back. One of the cars in my left lane decided to take a sharp turn towards right. In that speed I couldn't avoid the back of it passing by and my front tyre brushed to it's side, throwing me and the bike off balance. I hit the road. My bike went on skidding a few feets away. A few people came and picked me up. The car also stopped a few meters ahead and the driver came to see if I was ok. Then came the moment when I felt empowered. Everyone's sympathy by my side. The guy was at my mercy. People around began charging at him. I ignored them, saw the fear in his eyes, extended my arm for a handshake and said "take care from next time". Everyone around me calmed down. People started disbursing. The guy also went back to look at his car. I looked at my wounds, started my bike and went to the office.  You might have ignored this, but our roads have became the most violent places to be. When people came to know about my accident, the very n...

Today I was held up by a traffic police officer in Hinjewadi for driving on the wrong sideof tge road. If you haven't heard about hinjewadi, let me tell you, it is one of the IT parks of Pune with terrible traffic conditions. So, I start negotiating with this officer. I said, " warning deke chod do, fine kyu le rahe ho ( give me a warning and let me go, why are you charging me fine)". He said, fine is to make sure you don't do it again. I paid the fine and left. Almost everyday you will get stuck in traffic if your office is in hinjewadi, irrespective of where do you live. So after paying the fine for driving on the wrong side to avoid traffic, when I was stuck in traffic for around 30 mins, I thought why can't I charge a fine for this traffic jam to some government body like The RTO or PWD or Municipal Corporation. Yes, there are alot of people travelling which mostly causes the traffic, but even the authorities have failed miserably in planning. Narrow roads, ...