Today morning a friend of mine shared a clip which is
doing rounds on internet; Delhi Agra expressway accident. While discussing the
reason behind this; bad infrastructure, no safety rules, pollution and many
more he apparently said, ‘It is because of the uneducated population of the
country.” My instant question was, “What do you do for road safety? Do you even
wear safety belts while in other’s car? Do other people in your car wear? Or most
importantly does your daughter sit in a car seat? The answers for all of this
were NO.
Seeing an incident it is very easy to blame others and
most common target is uneducated class of the country; but what is the educated
class doing about it? Practically nothing!
We say; we love our kids, most of the moms sacrificed their
career, dedicated most part of the day for kids and the list is endless. But do
we really love them? Do we care about their safety? Just kid proofing the house
and ensuring they do not fall off from a slide in the garden is not safety. All
of us travel a lot and it is a known fact that Indian roads are in worst of the
condition all round the year. We have petitions signed and all that stuff but
does that mean we can avoid the pathetic conditions of the roads. We still have
to travel on these
roads with our kids.
Are we using the car seat for our kids? Are we wearing
belts when we are not driving? Most of the people will say NO. When you asked
them the reason; they will say there is no such rule, because my friends are
not doing, my friend’s kids are not using the car seat so why should I, and
most commonly used is; “Chalta Hai.”
Fact: Car accidents taking place
at a speed more than 30km/hr have the effect of causing serious injuries to
kids and adults.
A good enough fact for us to make a choice; do you want
to set an example by following some safety standards or do you want to blame
the government and authorities for not having such rule.
Why don’t we as so called “Educated Mass” take
that initiative without someone having a rule imposed on us? Or do we need this
in writing in some religious book?
Lastly, I would say instead of just sharing this let us
start implementing the same and reply with a comment saying #Icare; just to
show people and authorities that if you do not but we do care; we do not need
your rule for our kids safety.
Lastly, I would like to thank my friend for starting a
discussion with me and yes he did agree that he does care and will implement
from now on.
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