Bikes, Helmets and Mumbai

You dont choose the bike, the bike chooses you says the ad. Commuting in Mumbai? Hmm.... bikes are indispensible for some, it saves time and money. Bike rides are exhilarating especially if they are on the highway. Many die to do it or die doing it.

See a cop on the way or at a signal, put on your helmets, was it strapped on? Let me think. Not really, how else would you save time taking it off when you are away from the cops. Is the cop who is being cheated. With bike ride death follows the rider at the tip of the fancy exhaust. A little miscalculation and the laws of physics and gravity take over.

In an accident an unstrapped helmet would fall off, and roll away saving itself. The rider hits the road and injures himself, if he hits harder his brains spill out on to the road. Is it worth it, save a helmet and loose your brains. Never in this infinite world, finite you think, yes life is finite. I had seen an accident, a young college goer met with an accident. No helmet, he hit his head on the road, his brain spilled out and the crows were ready for the meal. God knows how his mother pampered him, but after the accident the scavengers were ready.

Next time you wear a Helmet 'STRAP IT ON'. Don't spill your brains on the road. Live to speak.