Monday, March 21, 2011

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 :)

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