Confessions of a Rash Driver

It has been pretty long since I updated my blog.. This thought process landed me to a very important day in my life.

Date: 23 March 2006
Occasion: A Seminar Organized By ASUS Conducted at Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Pappanamcode
Vehicle: My tukdaa Kinetic Honda - A thirteen year old one.

The D Day Arrived. The 23rd of March. I had heard the previous day that there was a Seminar organized By ASUS Conducted at SCT. Frankly speaking, I was the least interested in going there. But the usual monotony of the classes at college made me cut the crap classes and attend the seminar. I would label my Vehicle as something stupendous and rocking. But they call it the kuthara vandii. Tats how my friends dub my vehicle. Reached the seminar on time. The seminar was very interesting and a really interactive one too. The seminar was real fun. Met up with a few of my old friends studying in that college. And sharing some time with them..
The return trip was the one which made the day a most memorable one for me. Me and Kurien on my vehicle. Radhakrishnan and Vasu on His Activa. I jus love racin around on my Kinetic Honda. Am a born racer at heart. My friends have tried their level best to make me ride slow.. But.. “Pattiyude vaal... ".. I Love accelerating and racing on the road.. While we were returning.. We were breezing through the NH-47.. Overtaking the lorries and busses.. The best advantage that i had in my vehicle was that the speedometer in that was not working. So i couldn’t see the speed at which i was driving.. So nothing could scare me.. We reached Karamana and we had the first minor scare. We were jus going steady on the busy road.. And an auto driver.. Tried overtaking us on the narrow road. Pushing us into the side of the road.. Lucky for us. We dint fall off.. Continuing with our drive..
The place was the curve from the Public library road via the Church and the road that connects to PMG. Near the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium.. I jus love taking turns fast.. And i believe that i can control my vehicle.. I thought that this will be jus another usual turn and i took the turn.. And the next thing that i remember is my vehicle somersaulting and the next second we are on the ground.. What happened waas that my Really Crazy pillion rider was afraid of the speed that i took the turn.. and he turned to the other side. I lost my control.. I jammed my front brakes.. The Vehicle somersaulted with the Front Wheel as the fulcrum. The vehicle took a 180 degree turn.. And after landing it jumped in the horizontal direction. The next thing that brought me back into life was an ALTO Screeching behind us.
The greatest thing about this fall was that nothing happened to both of us!! I just had a scratch on my hand. And the vehicle had minor repairs. Immediately after that incident the first person that I thanked was GOD Almighty. Such a bizarre accident and nothing happening to us. There are many small and freak accidents that end with the persons involved in them on the death-bed. God is really great. Even today I and he consider the day as our Second Birth. Our Re-Birth.