Life is beautiful
A friend of more than eight years met with an accident while he was driving back home after dinner, with his wife and baby. A pleasant evening culminated in to an indelible memory when the car crashed in to a call centre taxi during the late evening hours yesterday. In no time was a family erased with just a single survivor left behind, battling for life. After the initial shock, the news sank in and I finally was ready to acknowledge the fact that we take our lives and its safety so much for granted. Despite the laws of mandatory usage of seat belts we still drive around without them, leaving the seat belts hanging on to the door sides gathering dust. (From February 1 2009, the city traffic police will begin penalizing those who are not fastening their seatbelts. This had been made mandatory in the country under Section 138 of the Motor Vehicles Act following an amendment in 2003. Source: www.expressindia.com dated 29th January 2009) Driving time has turned out to be the most conven...