'People' I really don't understand them.
As I came out of the turn, my eyes hung up on the bunch of people trying to cross the road. They were going about their business quite peacefully, totally unaware of what approachs them. For me it was like a wall of people in front of me. At this speed crashing into them did not seem to be a good idea, specially when i was on my bike totally exposed to the elements. At times like this I think of driving around in a tank or may be a hummer. But the idea of the tank amuses me more. Reminds me of the bond movie. Oddly cant seem to remember the name. Could have been 'Golden Eye' or 'Tomorrow never dies'. Ok doesn't matter, so coming back to the topic. So I just came out of a curve on to the straight with considerable high speed to find myself heading towards a wall of people walking across the road. In split one second my finger jammed on the horn switch. Released the throttle and started applying breaks. Though I was not sure if the distance which remained was enough. I just reacted out of pure reflex. I have got one of those horn which makes really loud noise and that was enough to get attention. The very next moment I see wall burst into many people running for their life. It was such a spontenous reaction. I could see them running. I could see they were just running without any direction. They did not care about where they were going. They just wanted to get out of the way. I got so engrossed in all this that I failed to notice the old man dead center in my line. I was going straight for him. My heart sank. This old man is going to die today and is going to take me along with him. I prepared for the worst and held on for dear life. There are some people in whom the spirit of survival is quite strong. At time people just get lucky. I am not sure if it was him or me who got the gift of life. But it was releaving to see the old mane leaping out of the way just as I passed him. In the same split secong reaction I revved up and split from the scene wihout looking back. Only only thought in mind. How close was that? "sign"
