I was enjoying the beautiful cloudy weather this morning as my driver drove me to office and while being driven, I collected my thoughts on the work to be done at office, the deadlines to meet, began planning my day, when the peace in my brain got shattered by a desperate siren. There was a police van (dark blue in colour) honking at us from a distance urging us to move. There was space at the right and it could have easily overtaken us (ignoring the public service messages placed everywhere that read “Caution! Overtaking can be fatal”), but no, it had to use the lane we were on.
My driver, acted responsibly and turned the car in the next lane. I assumed that now I could get back to my planning but the show hadn’t concluded. In a flash, there were 3 cars that drove past us at a speed that was horrifying. Two of them were police vans, the same blue ones, and one of them was the GS green number plate car with a flag. *Why wasn’t I surprised* The cars drove past us and my driver returned to our old lane again. (First mistake). We got back on track and again the siren. This time we had a white police van behind us, honking at us to move. My driver, frustrated, turned the car in the other lane again and this time recklessly!The white van also passed by and i decided to pay attention on why these 3 police vans were needed.
Allow me to describe the strategic placement of the cars: The blue van in front, the GS green number plate car sandwiched in the centre, followed by the other part of the sandwich blue van. The white van would move from left to right between this sandwich to move the cars from being next to this trio. I mean, hello!, it’s our road too..
You cannot just keep on making us move from left to right just cos you want the trio to be on the road ALONE. Oh and what strategy, if the blue van would move from the straight line, then the white van would cover for it. WoW!! And the beauty that they displaced in how *not to drive* was also awesome! It was not just reckless but untidy. If the life of the one sitting in the car was THIS IMPORTANT, and he/she needed security, there was no point of putting everyone else’s life on stake via this *Truckdriver-style driving* which we have been criticizing in all newspapers.
Oh well!!! Who denies that the rules for all not the same!! After all, we do follow the law of the jungle? Or do we? Now that ii have vented my frustration, time to get back to work! Have a good day all!
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