remember the basics of crossing a road??
"look right, then look left, look right again and then if on all occasions no vehicle is approaching, cross the road"
I have always wondered about the idea behind looking right the second time. One logical explanation is that after the first look to the right side, when you turn to look left, vehicles might have started coming towards you on the right side and hence you look twice to check again. Ok!!The logic is flawless till that point.
The question I have is why don't we look left again. What makes it so sure that no vehicles will come from the left again. This way, we keeping looking left and right over and over again and end up stuck on the same side of the road. Highly pointless !!! But why should we ignore the left side? Is it because for the majority the right hand is more dextrous compared to our left and hence any damage done to the left is sustainable? Millions of kids all over our country have grown up with this rule of crossing the road. This could be the major reason for the thousands of hit-and-run cases in our country.
Think about this next time you cross the road.
Ssomething doesn't seem "right"???
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
right,left,right !!! right??
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6 comments:
You have way too much time on ur hands...so do I, since Im reading it!!!
thank you. thank you.
you must also be in the IT industry
lo...this is ram. Sorry to say, but ur audience is limited to those who know u.....hehe
rammmuuu.. i should've guessed after the cricket blog
Lol!! :)
Hi Dilip,
right, left, right!! right??
I should agree that the title is very good. That doesn't mean I agree with your post..
you are right to the extent that we need to look 'right' a second time. The answer to your question lies in the traffic direction in our country( vehicles move on the left). As you start crossing the road, you may encounter a vehicle from your right. Only when have moved half way into the road, you can be hit from your left. That will give you a little additional time to left a second time.. you shouldn't give it a miss!!
anything left now??
yes.. a raider that it doesn't apply on Bangalore roads anymore!! We have only one-ways now!!
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