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Accidents and People's Attitude
Accidents are quite a common sight on crowded Indian roads. However, what pains the heart is people’s reaction to accidents, especially the victims of the accidents. The general sight is people are in so much hurry that they don’t care for the safety of other people. This apathy to the human life is very hurting and disconcerting.
I happened to witness an accident recently that has compelled me to express my anguish on the issue. I was going home after my day’s work, when I saw an accident. It was a jam like situation at a busy roundabout. Every vehicle was in hurry to clear away from the place. Pedestrians were also risking their life by crossing to the other side. A white car was in unusual hurry. It was maneuvering threateningly among the other cautiously moving vehicles. As was being anticipated, it knocked down a bike on which three school boys were riding; they were also in hurry to cross the crowded crossing. The bike was thrown into the air with the force of the collision. The three boys were flung into the air and fell onto the road. One of the boys was badly injured.
The car tire just crushed the entire leg of a boy. He lay on the road crying in pain. The culprit car driver stopped his car, opened the door, looked at the lady in pain, and the moment he found he could escape; he sped away in his car. The worst aspect was, none of the passers-by came forward to help her. I was on the opposite side, trapped in slowly moving traffic. To my relief, some young men lifted the boy and took him away from the road. Another kind man stopped his car, and volunteered to take the boy to the hospital. But all this took a very long time, may be half an hour. The boy kept crying and writhing in pain. Then I had to move along the slow moving current of the traffic. This is what happens almost at all accident sites. If I were near the site of the accident, I would surely have rushed the injured boys to the nearby hospital and called their parents.
We need to change. The government needs to change. The traffic police need to be more proactive. The law enforcement policies need to change.