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junaid · 02-03-07, 03:38 PM

A crowd catches a rash driver but the courts let the big fish go

Watch what happened…when in Mumbai a traffic policeman stopped a Maruti car for rash driving in Jan'07.

Cops pull up a driver of a Maruti car in Mumbai for ‘rash driving.’ (Pic.1)

In a matter of mintues a crowd has collected and starts to beat him up. Cops quickly bundle the errant driver into a car and take him away. (Pic 2 & 3)

Scary huh?

Well, these kind of incidents are not unknown. If the crowd manages to catch a rash driver (and God save him if he has hurt anybody) they will beat him up.

Public fury is easily aroused…because they know only too well that the driver can easily pay a hundred rupee note and get away with breaking any traffic rule. Yes, even the famed Mumbai cops, supposedly more honest than those in some other states, stoop to this. Whether you are talking on a cell-, not wearing your seat-belt or break a traffic light…you can get away with it if you have that hundred rupee note handy.

And if you kill someone? Not to worry. Look at what the court did in the ex-cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu’s road rage case. The court stayed his conviction even though everyone knows that some 18 years ago in 1988 (yes, that is how long it has taken for this case to reach this stage) Sidhu was responsible for the death 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case. Well publicised and far more horrific cases have been the Sanjeev Nanda case (this brat of a rich businessman is alleged to have run over and killed six people with his BMW in the early hours of the morning in New Delhi in 1999) and the Salman Khan case. Now it it looks like Khan, being a popular and rich film actor will get away as well, even though he is alleged to have run over five people while driving back home late at night.

Its said that matters deteriorate to an intense degree before they start to improve. Well, I think we have reached rock bottom where our legal system is concerned. The ordinary man on the street has reached boiling point. They have started attacking drivers even when the place is teeming with cops.

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hemant · 02-03-07, 04:34 PM

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but the courts let the big fish go

It is really shameful for Indian judiciary system.

udayms · 05-03-07, 02:59 PM

But, was it really his fault????

Am not sure.....

dhoomk2 · 05-03-07, 03:59 PM

In all accidents drivers are not only responsible for the incident sometimes accidents also take place due to pedestrian’s faults. I feel ratio between driver’s fault and pedestrian’s fault is 80 is to 20 respectively.

babu · 06-03-07, 09:42 AM

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sometimes accidents also take place due to pedestrian’s faults

U r absolutely right "dhoomk2". Sometimes pedestrians don't care about moving traffic and run desperately to cross the road. They avoid underpasses and foot over bridges if available to save their time.

02-03-07, 03:38 PM	#1
junaid Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 96	A crowd catches a rash driver but A crowd catches a rash driver but the courts let the big fish go Watch what happened…when in Mumbai a traffic policeman stopped a Maruti car for rash driving in Jan'07. Cops pull up a driver of a Maruti car in Mumbai for ‘rash driving.’ (Pic.1) In a matter of mintues a crowd has collected and starts to beat him up. Cops quickly bundle the errant driver into a car and take him away. (Pic 2 & 3) Scary huh? Well, these kind of incidents are not unknown. If the crowd manages to catch a rash driver (and God save him if he has hurt anybody) they will beat him up. Public fury is easily aroused…because they know only too well that the driver can easily pay a hundred rupee note and get away with breaking any traffic rule. Yes, even the famed Mumbai cops, supposedly more honest than those in some other states, stoop to this. Whether you are talking on a cell-, not wearing your seat-belt or break a traffic light…*you can get away with it if you have that hundred rupee note handy. And if you kill someone?* Not to worry. Look at what the court did in the ex-cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu’s road rage case. The court stayed his conviction even though everyone knows that some 18 years ago in 1988 (yes, that is how long it has taken for this case to reach this stage) Sidhu was responsible for the death 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case. Well publicised and far more horrific cases have been the Sanjeev Nanda case (this brat of a rich businessman is alleged to have run over and killed six people with his BMW in the early hours of the morning in New Delhi in 1999) and the Salman Khan case. Now it it looks like Khan, being a popular and rich film actor will get away as well, even though he is alleged to have run over five people while driving back home late at night. Its said that matters deteriorate to an intense degree before they start to improve. Well, I think we have reached rock bottom where our legal system is concerned. The ordinary man on the street has reached boiling point. They have started attacking drivers even when the place is teeming with cops. Text Source

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05-03-07, 02:59 PM	#3
udayms Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	But, was it really his fault???? Am not sure.....

05-03-07, 03:59 PM	#4
dhoomk2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 62	In all accidents drivers are not only responsible for the incident sometimes accidents also take place due to pedestrian’s faults. I feel ratio between driver’s fault and pedestrian’s fault is 80 is to 20 respectively.