Traffic woes

   Am writing this as I was unable to digest what I saw in front of me when I was riding my bike. It showed the extent to which few people have started to violate basic traffic rules. Not only violate traffic rules but also show that they dont care a tad for others.
      It was evening 6:30 the peak time during which the office goers leave to their homes.The roads were as usual packed with huge number of bikes,cars and people. As I was riding home in my bike, a bike overtook me.I was startled to the least on seeing the bike that overtook me -it was a splendor( a low weight bike),the man riding the bike should be someone who is in his late 30's . The thing that took me aback was neither with the man nor with the way he drove his bike ,it was the LOAD he was carrying in his bike.He had a LPG Cooking Gas cylinder attached to the side of his bike. He had attached the cylinder to the left side of his bike using some iron strings. 

    Now, this kind of transport is not only illegal but the least safest thing to be done by any literate man with a little common sense. Safety not only for SELF  "Safety" for ALL. I could clearly see and sense that he was unable to balance his bike at low speeds as the cylinder being tied to one side was pulling him in that direction. The worst part of all was that he was taking a prohibited U turn . Now, what if some one or some vehicle collide with the cylinder ?????(this could have happened very  easily considering the traffic at that time) and what if the string gets loosened and the cylinder falls and rolls over onto the busy roads????? what if the one who is riding the bike falls off balance ????  It would have been total chaos...He would have caused difficulties and safety problems not only to him but also to the other fellow riders and people who are eagerly returning to their dear homes.    

  Well,I can understand that the cooking gas cylinder is a very essential commodity at everyone's home these days but there are specific people and means to do this transport. Worst case, he could have carried it by other better safety means or at off hours(early morning or late night).
  

  Am sure the above would seem to be a small incident and most of us would have seen more serious violations and issues especially with load vans and lorries at times and even the autos carrying Dangerous loads(cylinders, protruding ironroads etc., ) in them. I wanted to highlight this incident as someone reading this will definitely think about doing something like what this particular senseless Guy did. Commuting by roads by itself is tedious these days. With people like this it makes commuting doubly dangerous. Hope we make commuting by roads safer. Please take some time and think for the welfare of yourself and others when you drive ...Drive safe !!!!