People don't care

I keep seeing funny things on the road. By law they are illegal. But who cares? People just do whatever they want on the road. After all, the Government itself is by the people, for the people and of the people, right?

I see people talking happily over the mobile phone in their car while taking a turn on the road. The judgment gets shrouded when we talk over phone and the brain would be busy listening to the conversation on the other side and fumbling to find the replies to the questions from the other side. The driver may end up in hurting the people driving (and riding) on the opposite side of the road.

 But people don’t care.

I have seen people keeping their one year old (or may be little less or more) kid on their lap or between their thighs while driving the car. The kid could be a very bad distraction. Imagine if the kid decides to pull out the key (inadvertently of course!) and throw it out of the window. Or even if the key is pulled and thrown out of the key hole, the driver gets distracted and the people in the car would be lucky if there are no other vehicles at that time on the road.

But people don’t care.

I was going the other day on the road near my home. The road is a main road. A lot of vehicles pass through the road. I saw a big Honda City car being backed on the wrong side of the road. I stood aside because I sensed (sixth sense?) something is wrong. As I was thinking, a tiny head bobbed out of the window of the car and said “Grandpa, please carry on”. The boy was just about 10 year old and he was reversing the car on the wrong side of a main road and his proud parents were watching happily. I felt alarmed.

But people don’t care.

I see very young boys riding a scooter or a bike or a car. They take turns at the cross roads like nobody’s business. Their parents must be very proud that their kids have learnt driving at a very young age. I feel the sense of balancing would be coming at a very young age. But the sense of judgment of how the opposite driver drives doesn’t come at that young age.

But people don’t care.

I see people standing and talking at the road corner which is vital for vehicles to turn. They simply ignore horns of the vehicles. They feel as if it is their ‘father’s property’! I curse them many times; I stop my vehicle and request them to move. They look at me contemptuously and continue their banter as if it is not their fault. I feel bad about this.

But people don’t care.

I have seen people standing at the left most edge of the road at the traffic signal. When the light turns green they take a sudden right turn in front of the whole straight moving traffic, holding them at bay and take a right turn. I wonder how long people can tolerate such tortures.  Does that mean I am the only one who is worried and the others don’t care? I still feel so. Why shouldn’t the people decide where to go and take the position on the road where they have to go?

But people don’t care.

I see people from cross roads simply zooming past the main road traffic whatever size it may be, in the available small space. If they are lucky enough they pass. Otherwise they hold the whole traffic at a ransom. I care about reaching the office on time, but not at the cost of causing a traffic jam.

But people don’t care.

I can go on complaining, whining, crying about the traffic. Will people follow the rules just because I have written about my woes?

No, people don’t care!