Not every driver is always at fault. Today i drove my sister's brand new car for the first time, being a sunday, i took it for a short spin to see how it felt and to report to the car dealer of any problem.
The traffic police, whom i consider highway robbers caught me simply because i was not wearing a seat belt. I am a law abiding citizen, its not my fault that the clutch pedal is too far inside and i have to take my seat really upfront to reach it. Due to which the seat belt is falling tad short of its hook and i am forced to not wearing it. I was planning to find a solution with the dealers when they start working after long weekend holiday.
Despite showing to the traffic cops neelima and two more, and expecting them to be helpful to my plight, actually sternly behaved worst than a military officer and without any humanity and my sheer helplessness, fined me. I pleaded with her to give me at least a day to go back to the car dealer with my problem and to rectify it, she became even more agitated.
I believe i should have been left off with a note addressed to the car dealer and/or manufacturer. They could have easily verified from the car papers that it was brand new and should have fined me only if i had done nothing about it even after several weeks. It was my goddam first day!!!
It is good that the mumbai traffic police are being strict, but they should also stop acting illogical, stupid and unreasonable. They should with experience understand who is making excuses and who is genuine. Everybody should follow laws but there has to be certain levels of flexibility as well.
This happened at around 5.45 pm, sunday 4-9-2016, near left turning from sukh sagar to chowpatty near, new yorkers restaurant.
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