Speed is the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change in position, often expressed as distance traveled per unit of time. “Speed” the word itself excites the adrenaline. The word speed has quite a number of synonyms & one of them is “RASH“. Speed when comes to road can take different turns & the result is mostly destructive. The cabs on roads of Delhi ply as if the road is meant for them & them only. The traffic rule that say’s “do not drive a vehicle at a rate that exceeds the legally established maximum” is just a rule noted down in the rule book, read during the driving test & forgotten as soon stepped out with the driving license. The number of fatal incidents relating to speeding vehicles has increased in a lightning speed in last few years. Blame it again on speed!!!
Road speed limit is the maximum speed allowed by law for vehicles. Speed limits are commonly set and enforced by the legislative bodies of nations or provincial governments. The speed limit is also set as per the driving conditions like weather, time of day, area etc. Section 112 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 has set a speed limit for the vehicles plying in public places. Speed limit does not mean it’s for only maximum speed but it’s also for minimum speed. Driving at an excessive speed is punishable with fines of different variation. Also there is provision that if the owner of the vehicle or whoever is in control of the vehicle is liable to punishment in case the speeding of vehicle is at the insistence of such person, although that person is not the driver. This includes any people who has made the time table for completing a journey or part such journey, within a specified time contravening the speed limit.
The speed at which the cabbies drive carrying call center employees is something that everybody in Delhi is witness to. But the question is who is to be blamed for the rash & speed driving by the cab drivers? The owners of the speeding vehicles & the drivers are no doubt responsible, but clean chit can’t given to the call centers who hire these Cabs & provide them with a time table without considering the distance & the speed limit. Rules are applicable to those drivers who are mostly in love with “ZOOM“, in simple words “SPEED“. When we are driving our ultimate aim is to reach our destination safely. For the sake of our own pleasure or our haste to reach on time we jeopardize life of those who are innocent & have nothing to do with our obsession or our time table.
Philosophically speaking, speed can excite us & the adrenaline for some time only, but the repercussions of it can leave us with damage for life time.
Weconscious has come up by combining two words “WE” & “CONSCIOUS”. Thereby meaning, we the people who ought to be conscious about our rights & duties. We Conscious is a pious effort to highlight, show, and educate people of the various monsterheads of corruption, moral degradation and gross civic negligence that are rampant in our society. It’s an effort to highlight the illegalities we suffer on day to day basis.
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hey’… absolutely agree with you, The great saying ‘Haste makes waste’ is often forgotten by all of us. Certain ‘urgency’ and ‘fun’ is acceptable, however not at the cost of our lives!
Yes Pragnya, You are right. I love bike riding at high speed but from now I will try to keep normal speed. I am very impressed from this article. Thanks ……
Thanks Gaurav. I will appreciate if we all can learn to limit ourselves to some extent.