Scrrrreeecchhhh........dharrrr... karannnnngggg... jhaannnnn... and hence follows a gush of swears and curses, some of which you may not know of also but will pick up at the next incident...
I am sure you know by now what I am talking about...
Traffic these days is malicious, and traffic signals are like R.K. Narayan's story, "Martyr's Corner". A smart swivel of the biker, a practiced swerve of the car driver, the bullies of truck drivers who claim the road to be theirs, the Volvo buses who take for granted that they have the right of way, not to mention the drivers of state buses and the auto rickshaws who were never taught traffic rules (or rather they prefer the bliss in ignorance).
Minor road accidents have become a part and parcel of our daily lives. Everyone wants to think, "I’m the best" and the rest just goof up!! Maybe they bring along frustrations from home and office too, which they gladly inflict on the passer-by, who might have just managed to scrape past him.
What with the kind of soot and black smoke that some of the vehicles emit, it’s a wonder that they may possess a PUC!!
Then there are the vulnerable pedestrians who really don't care to wait for the green signal for them to walk. The constant movement of the vehicles has made them loose their road sense too. They are buffaloes impersonated!! A lazy gait, a cell phone attached to one ear, they cross the road, completely oblivious to the angry honks. The walk kind of says, "Wait dude, I need to cross first!"
Accidents have become inevitable and common-place, what with the high volume of vehicles just managing to fit in the roads. Solution, I see none. A bit more patience and empathy towards others sounds plausible but life's become too fast to retain our humaneness.
And the saga of speed mania continues....
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