Drive safe and drive sensible!!

Since I ride to office everyday, I come across the most irritating scenes that happen on the road. It gets on to my nerves so much, that I have started losing the passion for riding.
Where do I even start lamenting about this? People have become very reckless, both pedestrians as well as people driving. They have become more bold and dare to do anything, be it wrong or right.
The pedestrians have lost even that little sense that used to prevail some years back, the signal light turns to green, and they are still crossing, why go so far they start crossing at that time.
What about those people who go from left to right and viceversa without indication? The main reason for most of the accidents. They just don care about looking out for the people driving behind them. Atrocious fools I must say.
The act that irritates me the most, must be happening in our country alone, people spitting out of the window! Especially from the bus. Excuse me, there are people all around you, we don't want the shower of your saliva, with what not mixed with it.
The next category of people with no empathy, the ones who smoke while driving. Fine may be there is this super duper urge for you to smoke, and that you cannot wait till u reach a smoking zone, but you can at least take care of not keeping your hands outside the window, with a cig in it, and not being bothered that the smoke goes directly into the lungs of the person riding along side and behind you. And worst part, if you get too close to them, they might even drop some hot ash on you, So beware!!!
What about those people who haven had an emission test done in years, and blow that huge chunk of smoke right into your nostrils, its so heavy that you forget that you need to breathe. What irritates me beyond the limits is, knowing that your vehicle will not start immediately, going to the first line of the signal and switching it off. When the light goes green all the people behind them keep standing till they get the vehicle started and move, as soon as we reach the signal, it ultimately goes red, and that person would have happily crossed the signal leaving tens of people gaping at them.
If you are in a hurry, and don't want to miss a meeting at the office, that's when you will be forced to drive behind a cycle, who not only rides really really slow in the heave traffic, but also makes sure you can never overtake him. Dangerous are those guys who cross the signal, after its just turned red thinking "why wait for another whole round of signal lights, I will just make it!" These people are crossing in high speed are at utmost danger because the lights have just turned green for another set of people, or for the pedestrians, you don want a head on collision, do you? Another act that drives me nuts is when, your standing at the signal with a red light, or your stuck in heavy traffic that is not moving and people behind you go on honking, dude I want to make this really clear, If I had place in front of me to move, I would surely do it, I need to reach my destination as well, I am not out here for a jay ride.. so back off with that blaring horn of yours!!
What about those people with these really loud indicators, which they never turn off even if its a five min wait at the signal, Irritating trust me! I also loathe the people who talk loud, really loud over the mobile, while at the signal. I don't need to know if your lying to to your boss for being late, or romancing your wife over the phone. Please keep it low, I for one am not interested!!

Its been some time I wanted to remove all this frustration in my post. Now that I am done I am actually a little relieved :)

Be cautious today, so that you don repent for it tomorrow!!

Some sights upset us a lot! What I saw today upset me deeply. I have heard its an amazing feeling to become a parent. But how many of them realise how much responsibility it brings with it. Today I saw a couple on a bike, the lady was in the pillion and had a baby in her hand. The baby might have been just a few months old. She had the baby sleeping across her lap, and the baby's head was protruding out, cause it had outgrown in height the width of its mom's lap.To see from a distance, it dint even look like she had a baby in her hand because it was all wrapped in a blanket and no part of the body or the dress was visible!

These days with the mad traffic in the city, people bang on to each others vehicles, don even stop to apologise and carry on. They ride so close that while riding, some times I feel scared to keep my foot on the road because of the fear that they might just ride on top of it. It has happened before!

When I saw this couple in front of me, and all the vehicles passing within centimeters I was aghast! Is this a way to deal with kids? Why not take an auto if your bringing along the kid with you? Is saving a buck more important than the security of the child? When will our middle class mentality change? Let alone risking each others lives, people are ready to risk the life of an infant! What is the value of a life in today's society? People are starting to forget the fact that life is one thing when gone can never be replaced!!

Please take an extra bit of caution when your on the road with kids. Please make sure they are safe. They are too innocent to understand the value of life. Guide them with it. Prefer for a four wheeler when commuting with a kid. Always face the oncoming traffic yourself and make the child walk on the other side. Please make sure to hold the hand of the child when ever on the road.

There are mad men riding their vehicles out there. Be cautious today, so that you don repent for it tomorrow!!

Parched lands will soon lead to parched throats

Can you answer this please? How many of us wash our face with the tap running? How many of us gargle our mouth with the tap running? Almost all of us!
The roads are filled with water tankers. People are vacating houses due to water scarcity. And I fear a day will come when we wont have enough water to drink, all we will be left with is salt water from the sea.
Its high time we address this major concern, and I plead that we do it as soon as possible. Well I should not even say as soon as possible. Cause it is very much possible, and lets do it from today, well why not from now?
Ground water levels are dipping, lands are drying up, rains are failing in a lot of places. Just imagine a life when we cannot wet that parched throat of ours. We cannot survive with out food and water, if there is no water there would be no food either.
My dear mates, wake up now! take that one easy step to save a few drops of water. Take caution, keep in mind we need not do this for the sake of our future generation, the water might not last for so long, We need to do it for us!
Lets just do the following acts in our day to day life
Don’t let water tanks over-flow. Install an automatic electronic-sensor, which is a one time investment.
Wash your fruits and vegetables in a pan of water instead of running water from the tap.
Collect the water you use for rinsing fruits and vegetables, then reuse it to water house plants.
Use a broom instead of a hose to clean your driveway and sidewalk and save water every time.
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and save 25 gallons a month.
Turn off the water while you wash your hair to save up to 150 gallons a month.
Turn off the water while you shave and save up to 300 gallons a month

If you have read this, then please make a mental note to save water in every instance possible. I am going to do it from today.. are you?