The last few secs - Patience
A couple of days ago, I had gone out for a trip and was coming back late night around 11.30 pm or so. As, I approached an intersection, the traffic signal had Red lights ON with the indicator saying about 40 secs left. So, I switched off my bike and was waiting patiently. In the mean time, the other connecting road in the junction had the Green lights ON, but no vehicle was passing through it. And to my utter dissapointment, the vehicles behind me started to move.
Another aspect of this traffic signal mess occured at the same day at an another traffic signal. So, after getting through the previous signal, I came to another intersection. Here, there was only 10 sec left before the Green lights came ON. People were waiting patiently till 4-5 sec was left. And then suddenly, everybody started to go. They didnt have the courtesy or patience to wait for another 5 sec. I was ridiculed for waiting for the Red light to go OFF and the Green lights come ON. People started honking and they made me to move over and make way for them to go on. Here, this 5 sec was actually for the walking people to cross the road. Even though there werent any of them, my guess is that this routinely happens even during peak time. The vehicle owners dont bother about the pedestrains at all. As soon as they see its 5 sec they start goin and the pedestrains start running towards the side of the road, else they are given a scare by the oncoming traffic.
As educated people, we should take the responsibility and follow traffic rules and lanes. This following rules not only applies to the traffic but also in other walks of life. We should take up the onus on us to follow the rules as a routine job, not to be forced to do it.
Another aspect of this traffic signal mess occured at the same day at an another traffic signal. So, after getting through the previous signal, I came to another intersection. Here, there was only 10 sec left before the Green lights came ON. People were waiting patiently till 4-5 sec was left. And then suddenly, everybody started to go. They didnt have the courtesy or patience to wait for another 5 sec. I was ridiculed for waiting for the Red light to go OFF and the Green lights come ON. People started honking and they made me to move over and make way for them to go on. Here, this 5 sec was actually for the walking people to cross the road. Even though there werent any of them, my guess is that this routinely happens even during peak time. The vehicle owners dont bother about the pedestrains at all. As soon as they see its 5 sec they start goin and the pedestrains start running towards the side of the road, else they are given a scare by the oncoming traffic.
As educated people, we should take the responsibility and follow traffic rules and lanes. This following rules not only applies to the traffic but also in other walks of life. We should take up the onus on us to follow the rules as a routine job, not to be forced to do it.
posted by Arun Narasimhan @ 10:35 AM
2 Comments:
ok infact trying to read in between the lines, i find one more subtle message hidden and its just not applicable to educated but also illiterate person.
Infact if we realize that every persons contribution counts, that do finally make a difference. Then none of us will ever break such rules and regulation. We usually overlook such details thinking what difference does it make, if i wouldnt contribute. But the fact is each drop do end up finally filling the sea.
I cant resist quoting shakespear, "Let me improve myself, atleast i will be sure there will be one rascal less int he world."
Well, I shall try and improve myself so that there is one rascal less in the world.
Hope many other people to improve themselves, leading to the betterment of our road sense. Infact, about 2-3 hrs daily goes in travelling only. So, I hope everybody changes making a better maintainance of lane discipline and road sense.
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