The IT Boom not only got Software Giants into Bangalore but also a lot of other issues of which Traffic is a major one.If there were points for lane descipline,i am sure India would have points on the negative scale !!!...this brings to my mind one funny quote by Nakul"the only way u can drive here is...find a little space on the road and start honking".This is absolutely true...thats how it works.so if this is the situation of a 110cc 2 wheeler,imagine wat a a 6 wheeler with 10times the power has to undergo.This is probably the reason why there is this popular notion-"An Indian Driver can drive annywhere on the planet".
I have told so much wat happens in my College Bus...let me now tell about men in the COCKPIT and the Adrenaline Rush on Mysore road.there are basically 2 drivers who handle my route and one among them is known to all as Schumi.I till now haven't figured as to how can a human control such power in the way this man and the the man contributing to his nickname,do.Probably our bus driver would not even know that he is being reffered by the name which many consider sacred,but this is one bus journey which u have to experience to believe it.Schumi always drives us back home rather than driving us to College.So the traffic would have incresed exponentially when compared to the morning trip.
A Ride with Schumi--
time-4-15pm
Vehicle-a classic Indian Bus
Colour-Yellow
Make-Ashok Leyland
Specifications-one steering wheel,6tyres and other things which do not mean much to the driver in focus.
After another day in RVCE,with some people doing titrations,some welding pipes ans with some doing loads of crap-students start trickling into their buses and our bus in particular is almost full with place for almost everyone.Schumi was not to be seen for a couple of days.So the bus rides were rather monotonous with the same honks,same traffic signal,same girls,same police whose right hand is controlling vehicles and the other is controlling money.There was a sudden buzz in the bus.I opened my sleepy eyes.I could make out that there was a lean fellow,with a gray hat on in the COCKPIT.it was the unmistaken signs of Schumi.the sight removed every ounce of sleep and i told Nakul "we will go home half an hour early da...and keep all ur belongings tightly...the roller coaster is starting".
His eyes lit up and his focus shifted from a beautiful girl to the man who would drive us for the next 30min.The engine roared to life and the bus began to move.The moment it left the College and kissed the 4-lane Mysore road,students from other buses concluded that Schumi is in control.the acceleration was thrilling.A bus moving in 100kmph is like a a bob of a pendulum,where even a small steering wheel movement is converted into sparks igniting ur Adrenaline flames.There are barricades placed on the road and they are placed parallel to each other so that vehicles slow down.the result is that vehicles have to go in a snakeward path through the barricades and for Mr.Schumi,the barricades are just yellow things obstructing his path.I bet u,he does not even take his foot off the pedal while going through this path and the whole bus literally swings from left to right and even the "nerdiest" people with no enjoyment cant help but to enjoy this.Even though the barricades are very irritating, i wish that there are barricades all over the road when schumi is driving.He then enters Vijaynagar and overtakes from the left,right anywhere and zips through the traffic like its not his problem.He sometimes takes turns where the bus goes within inches of other vehicles !!..he finally drops us in our stops and every one wishes that they could ride again...and if u still havent understood y he is called Schumi,u gotta be dumb or u have to be pro-actively insane to hate Michael Schumacher.
This is just a scaled-down comparison of the legend.i am very sure nobody would give the nickname as Alonso...why ????
F1=Speed=Michael Schumacher
Anybody see the word Alonso there ????
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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10 comments:
Well done macha....
Thanks to Merin for putting this idea into my head...
nice one dude....
i salute u,sire!!! :D very nice piece n excellent conclusion!!! jus brilliant! :)
'anyone else see alonso there?' lol.i sure dont :)
Does that vetti fellow nakul ever put a blog??
Nice post Scorpion whoever you are.....
Hey arjun...its me da...Abhiram !
oh!! hai macha..........
Nice to see you guys blogging...
do i know kk??
he is my friend in RV da...Krishna Kumar...i doubt that u know him...and ur blog is great da...
good post dude......
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