It will be astonishing to know that not even a single visually challenged person has died in a road accident anywhere in the world. When a blind person can cross busy traffic junctions without ever getting run over by a motorist, why is it that people with vision often get involved in accidents?
“It’s often their scant respect towards road rules and over-speeding which is resulting in the growing number of accidents”, feels Akash, son of Jadugar Anand. The wide roads are also an invitation to youth to unleash the throttle power of their bikes, he says.
“I will observe all the traffic rules even with the blindfold to prove that when one observes the rules, the danger of their falling a prey to road accidents is minimized, if not totally ruled out,” he says.
He announced his plans to drive a motorcycle at 200km/ph in a blindfold and stake claim in the Guinness Book in future. “That rally, however, will not be on roads,” he hastened to add. Interestingly, he has done his first ever blindfold ride in Viskhapatnam three years ago.
Men, women and children gathered in good numbers at the main gate of the port stadium as he prepared to go on the blindfold ride. School children waited with bated breath, in the shade of trees abutting the national highway(NH-5), to see him ride the bike on the busy roads. A VII class pupil of Nalanda Talent school said that he was also expecting some of his friends at the launch of the rally.
