REAL AS IT GETS…in Ahmedabad
Till date, Amdavadis have paid Rs 45 lakh in fines for not wearing helmets in just three months and another Rs 27 lakh for not buckling up their seat belts. It seems like it doesn’t bother them to follow the rules even if they have to may so much money in penalty.
According to a survey, last year in 2008, the Ahmedabad citizens paid upto Rs 3.16 crore and this year the amount has already reached upto Rs 77 lakh!
The traffic police suggests’ Amdavadis like to ride their machines without a care in the world’.
People actually seem to not care about paying so much money, when they can easily follow the traffic rules. Following the traffic rules is NOT going to be heavy on their pocket!
And infact, the law has been established for people to keep safe and also encourage others to keep safe. Still they are not caring about their lives or money.
When it comes to seat belt safety, out of all the people who drive cars, MANY of them haven’t been seen wearing a seat belt. To be precise, in 2008, the no. of people held without a seat belt were 77,173 and the money recovered from them was about Rs 77, 10,000. This year from January 1 till March 31, the police have caught 27,691 people already who were not wearing the seat belt.
The deputy commissioner of police (traffic) MM Anarwala says’ whenever I stand at a traffic point I find 7 out of 10 without helmet. A large number of people drive cars without fastening their seat belt without realizing that in the unfortunate event of an accident, they will suffer less if they drive as prescribed’
And it is so true! Everybody knows! It’s not like they don’t know!
But they don’t care…
It is not only the case of Ahmedabad; this is just a city update.
It is a case all over the country in many places and even outside India.
So WEARING A SEAT BELT AND FOLLOWING THE TRAFFIC OR DRIVING RULES IS ONLY GOING TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR MONEY SAFE!
source for this post: Ahmedabad mirror, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
BUCKLE UP!!
Everyone needs to BUCKLE UP!
“Who cares?” this is the general attitude of people all over the world towards things that have a potential of making a big hole in their lives and destroying them for a lifetime. for instance, I take an example of traffic or driving rules. How many of you out there actually follow them? As a matter of fact very few actually do and most of them don’t even realize when they don’t follow the rules because in reality they don’t care!
When things like campaigns, ads or certain reminders from peers try to make a man, who doesn’t follow traffic rules, to realize that he should do that- and in any case it is only going to help him- he couldn’t care less. There are many people with such a mentality that they don’t want to listen either because they think these things don’t matter and they wont have any importance or also in many cases they might think ‘it’s not cool’. This is something that one would here only from a teenager. To think that to follow the rules is not cool, please don’t think this AT ALL that to NOT follow the rules would be cool. Because then you might end up in a very ‘uncool’ state after all.
kids, teenagers...all need to
There have been many cases and many many situations where a majority of teenagers have lost their lives in car accidents just because of their carelessness and their attitude towards ‘rules’. There are certain rules in life one should follow at least just to decrease the risk of ending up dead.
Not wearing a belt could be hazardous in both ways: either you get a ticket or you get a ticket to hell!-or heaven-wherever you might end up!!
The truth is it is high time and we all should take care and responsibility of our actions.
Every time you sit in the car, whether you’re at the driver’s seat or at the passenger’s seat or back seat or even at the top!-take care that you wear a seatbelt and if you see someone without it, just kindly ask them to wear it. It is also an adult’s responsibility to check whether a child below the age o 14 is wearing a seatbelt or not.
Especially teenage individuals who don’t wear seatbelts, please you have to know and you have to be aware that buckling up can help. It really can decrease the risk of early death!
This is not a myth or something that could never happen to just anyone. Infact, it can happen to anyone. If you face an accident, unless something doesn’t come crashing through your windows or your wind shield and if something doesn’t smash right over your car, it is quite possible that if you’re wearing a seatbelt, you might survive with the most minor injuries. The easiest injury would just be a shock!
So, my only message here is that next time please wear a seatbelt…it’s for safety.
Next time you sit in the car, hear the clicks as many number of times as much the people are in the car! if you click it you won’t get the ticket!
so,
BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY!!
