DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!!

I ve been wanting to write a post about this for quite sometime.....but after yesterday, i felt i had to write something about it....Yesterday night after i got home from the office, I saw that there was no no electricity at home in cochin...I also saw that there was a small gathering of people nearby and a lineman on an electric post. Since there was no electricity and it was so dark at home, I decided to go for a ride to the CUSAT area, on the way back (power supply had not yet been restored), I stopped at the place where there was a gathering and saw that a police patrol jeep and a bike was also present as was also present a wrecked(totalled out completely, windshield shattered, engine compartment was in the shape of a horseshoe...overall unrepairable..) early model honda city, that had crashed into an electric post and even managed to break it....sheesh.... On further enquiry with the onlookers, i found out that it was case of 'DRINK N DRIVE N CRASH'....this thing turned out to be even complicated..... it seems the occupants were youngsters in their late 20's....totally drunk and driving.... a police squad on the way had turned suspicious seeing the erratic zig-zag drivin and had tried to flag down the car, but they didnt stop n not just that they had even runover the feet of a police officer who was in the way tryin to stop the car....that last part took the cake....the other officers immediately alerted dispatch and soon there was a cop chase.... these idiots tried to outrun the cops n in the end they crashed into an electric post near my place and wrecked the car....not only that... as soon as the car came to a halt, the driver got out all bloody as he had smacked his head on the windshield and tried to surrender.....but wts the use, they had injured a cop....the officers got out of the patrol car and dragged the occupants out and smacked, punched and kicked them with their boots....( i am sure they will knw the after effects of that beating, many many years to come fer sure....). First of all, they should have not have been driving while drunk, secondly when they were flagged down by the cops, they should have stopped n would have had to go to the station, get bail and pay a fine of 3000 INR.... but now as a result of their actions... they wrecked the car.....got beaten up and will be charged with numerous sections of the penal code, starting with drunk n drive, damage to public property, intent to murder etc.... for starters. I shudder to think what would have happened if there was any loss of life as a result...as that place where they crashed is where the tiny-tots of the area play in the evenin....by the grace of the almighty, no such untoward incident happned...

So my dear frnds, let this be a lesson to all.... If u are plannin on drinkin, make sure one of you abstain(take turns) n be the designated driver or get somebody else to drive....no matter how expert of a driver you are, your reflexes will be highly delayed and you can always end up makin rash and irrational decisions....DRINK SAFE ;-)