Helmet Helmet.

Helmet
The dailies reported this and that of Helmet hunting by Trivandrum Police. I escaped during the last two hunting seasons. Many say that some helmet companies grease some palms and suddenly helmet hunters are busy, the sales outlets are crowded and some try to make undue profit. Some small sellers bring cheap helmet from Delhi and it is talk of the town till some ministers who put on the garb of public servants, interfere and try to stop to hunting and the lull till another dose of greasing..and that goes on.
and i ask many question to myself..
Are the helmet hunters (police)doing the job out of love for the humans?
Why are they doing this job very sacrosanctly, when there are many traffic points unmanned?
Is there any method to see that the entire collections goes to Govt coffers?
If they are so concerned of the people why they don't jointly take up the project of good roads, with other govt departments? Is it not the condition of the roads that make two wheeler traffic unsafe ? Is it not that the wrong way of driving by other vehicles that threaten the two wheel drive? Is there any nexus between the Bus owners / tour operators with govt officials / police and is this nexus that threaten the two wheel drivers? Can the licences issuers tell from their heart that all is well in issuing of licences and this is also one of the causes for road accidents?
I would suggest that the Traffic Policemen answer the above questions from their hearts and then implement the helmet rules..
Again the newspaper printed another controversy..
The Police say that the Trivandrumites are very reluctant to wear helmets
This again prompts me to ask a few questions..
Who are Trivandrumites ? If it is all those who now live in Trivandrum, then I feel that the statement be withdrawn as there are more from other districts of Kerala than the natives..
Or is that the Police find it difficult to implement in Trivandrum, then difficult questions crop up..
Is is because of any company between the insiders.. (Often i have heard that the autorickshaw in trivandrum are never booked by police because many are owned by policemen.) Or is it because the politicians interfere..but there are no ministers from Trivandrum..
I would request the Policemen not to be narrow and give such misleading statements on Trivndrumites.. and to be good samaritans by
a. having a helmet club consisting of helmet vendors, policemen, public activists (not to be selected on the basis of politics)and also the govt departments that deal with roads, water (because it is said that this department have an unerring urge to dig up roads whenever it is newly laid)etc
b. to have as far as possible one ways as many roads are narrow..
c. to charge a fee for parking on the roads (this has become another menace and threatening to life) (For eg the parking in between overbridge and East fort - both the sides are now parking areas..The car owners it sems have forgottten the traffic /parking rules.. it is now as if the jungle law prevails. Some take reverse in to the mid of the roads and more difficult it is when the traffic light is green at the junction and we are speeding to cross the points before it is red. the cars are parked zig-zag and at times we park our two wheeler and go for shopping but when we return we find that there is no space to take out the vehicle..other vehicles are parked all around..
and to my surprise i find some four wheelers parked on the footpaths)
c. conduct seminars, brainstorm sessions in all institutions /offices etc and evolve a good way out..
Only then implement the Helmet Hunt.
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