Monday, February 4, 2008

Demons of road

Karl Benz will definitely cry…

If he had to travel the way I travel almost everyday back and forth to my workplace in his invention.

Do you know how hellish it would be while traveling in a car driven by a barabarian (a driver with s**t driving skill).

Following are those throny pulses that one could experience.

1) Travel in a four wheeler with your life at risk.
2) The rude relative motion that your physical body undergoes while you are traveling in a car that runs beyond the allowable speed limit.
3) The unparliamentarily words that the pedestrians and public throw at the driver(demon).
4) The polar moment of inertia or the torque your body undergo while the vehicle turns ruthlessly.
5) The wretchedness while travel when the brake is used an accelerator and accelerator as a brake.
6) Overtaking another vehicle in its left and its consequent jerk.
7) Applying belated sudden brakes that might make your face strike against the front seat.

I don’t understand if the existing driving tests these drivers undergo are sufficient enough to grant them license.

History says that the first car engine was designed in Germany considering the comfort factor of a lady traveling in it. But these brutes today have spoiled its purpose.

I had lodged complaints against two cab drivers so far and they were sacked.But still I find this problem of ruthless driving few months after that with another devil called driver.

Irresponsible driving is highly dangerous for the passengers who travel in the vehicle and as well as public. Strict law has to be enforced on such rash driving. I remember an MTC bus driver was almost beaten to death by public while he drove the bus in a killing speed on the marina lane in Chennai six months back.Public is fast in executing the punishments and these drivers deserve that.

[PS: Karl Benz was an engineer and inventor who lived in Germany during the late 1800's and early 1900's. On January 29, 1886 Karl Benz patented the first car.]

3 comments:

Aravindh said...

fine bullet points.... instead repeating your complaints on driver.... try and complain on

the travels that provides these ruthless drivers

or

your office transport desk who appoint these drivers with out giving any heavy or strict warnings....

only level 2 complaints like this will solve your problem... if you want to find a permanent solution to these problems for all, wake up !! you are in a country that has second largest population... am not being selfish.... i am just being practical :)

Jayashree said...

Aravindh,There are more than one travels to which these drivers belong.They are not any permanent staffs of either our company/travels.They work on a contract basis and they even work for just a week.Yes,we lodged a complaint about the transport desk and some action items were executed based on that.

Permanent solution lies with the responsibile driving of the driver to treat the pedestrians in the way he would like to be treated if he was one among them.

Naveenan Ramachandran said...

Mmm ... Looks like a very traumatic experience ... Perhaps one of the days, U must get the buy-in of all van vaasis ... stop the car when he drives rashly ... get out of the car ... take 3 or 4 autos and then submit the complaint with the entire story ... that might have the desired impact ...

Other side of the issue ... Is the driver being asked to do 2 shifts in the morning / evening itself ... Would it be possible to talk to all ppl in your route and start 10 nimits early ... that way, the driver does not race against time to meet his deadline ...