A must see..:-)

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Equality of Women

It is not an unusual sight to see women riders/drivers on roads of our Chennai as well as the mistakes and rule breaking by them. Apart from their behaving 'equally' bad it is their speed which surprises me. I and many other riders suffer from back pain because of our roads which exist in between pot holes. Will not the women mostly in their early twenties suffer the same? Will it not affect their health during their pregnancy?

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Foot Bridge for the elderly!

It is not new. It is not a brain wave. It is once in a while announcement by the traffic police. Three deaths of elderly people aged 60 & 73 on the same day made them announce once again that foot bridge is being contemplated to help pedestrians cross over and thus hope to reduce the accidents. But did they consider the following:

1. Can the elderly climb the stairs?

2. Are the existing foot bridges being used and if not why so?

3. Are there enough space on both sides of the road to build a foot bridge?

4. Will the foot bridge solve the problems of no foot path or unusable foot path, if they exist?

5. What is there to stop our tankers, buses and lorries crashing against the foot bridges?

6. Will the foot bridges facilitate the flow of non-crossing pedestrians by having spaces to walk around them?

7. If the answer is negative to 6 then will not the pedestrians walk on the road which is the perennial problem?

As it has been already mentioned in some other post the problem to be tackled is haphazard parking which not only reduces the width of already narrow roads but also force the pedestrians to walk in the middle of the road.

Then where will they park? They should have enough parking lots. The parking fee should be small and the fine for parking in no parking zone heavy. The roads are public property. That does not mean we can use them for our private use, be it parking or urinating. Maybe the people who park their vehicles on roads, whether it is in front of their homes/flats or elsewhere should be treated as encroachers of public land.

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Helmets only for the weak!

Pic. 1 - Neither of them wearing helmet but both of them with headphones!

Pic. 2 - Not wearing helmet but has this on his number plate 'if you dare catch me'!

Pic. 3 - Nice slogan for our roads I feel(give me strength is what it means-for those who can't read tamil)

These two slogans remind me that I should also put one on my bike which I am postponing for a long time. The slogan is 'If you can't be on time, be early'.

What will be your choice. Please let me know.

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Snapped on Chennai Roads

Pic. 1 - Safety for head No safety for Lungs

Pic. 2 - Helmet covering number plate instead of head!

Pic. 3 - Vehicle with blank number plate. I saw another vehicle also of the same make with blank number plate but with party flag!

Pic. 4 - Picture says everything about helmet & law!

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தமிழ்ல ப்ளாக் பண்ண ஆசை

மத்தவங்க கஷ்டப் படுவாங்களேன்னு கொஞ்சம் கூட கவலை படாம வண்டி ஓட்டரவங்கள என்னன்னு சொல்றது? எருமை மாட்டுக்கு இருக்கற புத்தி கூட இல்லையோன்னு சில சமயம் தோணும் ஹார்ன் அடிச்சா நகராதவங்கள பாக்கும்போது.

எங்கப்பா எனக்கு குடுத்த அட்வைஸ் "ரோட்ல உன்ன தவிர மத்தவங்கல்லாம் பைத்தியம்னு நெனச்சுக்கோ". என்னோட எக்ஸ்பீரியன்ஸ்ல வெறும் பைத்தியம் கெடையாது "கண்ணு தெரியாத, குடிச்சிட்டு ஓட்டற பைத்தியங்க" நீங்க என்ன சொல்றீங்க?

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Don't do this please

Some move their vehicles not waiting for signal to change while some even go through the oncoming traffic - all to save seconds forgetting there is no second life! Rising at idling speed or rising with brake on in the case of gear less vehicle is what many do either due to ignorance, habit or engine problem. This not only increases the pollution but also eats(drinks) up the precious black diamond, petrol. Maintain your vehicle and save yourself, others from pollution and the world from oil crisis! Camaraderie without concern about other motorists on road is another problem seen frequently.

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