Driving And Cell Phones: Two Extremes
The two pictures below tell a tale. First one is from Daily Times and shows a man talking on his mobile phone while carrying a deep freezer on his motorcycle in Lahore. To me it looks unreal but that is not the point here. This picture is a symbol of dangerous driving situation in today’s Pakistan.The second picture below is rom a small town in the US. This town has prohibited the use of hand held phones in school zones during school times. The fine is about $214 and it has been enforced very strictly. I myself almost got a ticket.
This shows the shifting attitudes towards cell phones and driving in the developed world. It is now commonly accepted that driving and talking on cell phone at the same time is distracting and should be avoided. State of California has banned the use of cell phone (headphones are ok).
What a contrast!
Thanks to the ATP post Stunned, Impressed, or Horrified where I spotted the first picture. The second picture was taken by the author.
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consequences of such a driving aside, but this man must be honored… he must be brought forward to do better things than what he is doing now…!
Well normal ppl like me, yea we should be extra careful while driving, instead of being on phone or listening to high volume music
good point aamir. if this guy was somewhere else, he would be featured on a tv show or something and make money. seriously - there is so much potential but we usually waste it or use it in the wrong direction.
With energy and enthusiasm of that sort he ought to try on jobs.mobilinkgsm.com, they’re nowadays looking for versatile, team Of individuals, whatever that means. So for example for this one their recent ad wave would come out to be something on the lines, Ilyas Butt, Marketing Manager, also likes to sell Ice Cream in his free time. Come talk to us, if you want to know how to carry a refrigerator of that size on a motorbike.
I’m amazed that how he escaped Traffic Police because our Traffic police only catches Motor Bikers without Helmet and using Mobiles. They don’t care about Car owners at all.
These kind of people can easily won motor cycle races because they are fearless. But who will promote them on Media… Our Media is busy in only one thing i.e. Politics. Such things needs special attention to motivate others.