Inside the mind and heart of Venkatesh Sridhar

Hey guys,
Tried out a helmet yesterday. Borrowed it from my friend and whoa what a difficult thing it was. I mean the helmet was heavy, I personally felt that my neck would have snapped if I had been in an accident. I wonder why they think that a person has more survival chances if he wears an helmet when the helmet is so bulky and the neck can be snapped.

It wasnt the funny part. I was on the flyover and the strap that holds the helmet broke free and since I was driving quite fast the helmet was blown off by the wind and it landed on a girl’s lap inside the auto rickshaw right next to me. The gal shrieked and threw the helmet out. Though I would have appreciated if she would have given it to me direct or atleast thrown in my direction…..

Was a very eventful ride .. my first one using a helmet ever since the Mumbai police made it mandatory for people to wear helmets though I rarely found people wearing one. There are lot of practical difficulties. The lack of availability of helmets, cashing in on the moment by the helmet dealers. The rates rise by the hour virtually. The HC did not think about all these difficulties when it passed the order and wanted an immediate implementation of the order. Though the Govt. did not try and convince the HC to give it some more time so that the Helmet manufacturers could increase the production to meet the demands. Plus, the Govt. if it had any brains should have made it mandatory for bike manufacturers to sell Helmets alongwith the bike, that would certainly help bring the situation under control.