Sky Has No Limits...! So Do I....!

I live in a city which takes the pride for having second largest beach in the world. Yes, it is Marine beach, in Chennai. The city, as such is a beautiful place to live, has every facility that a human want. Splendid beaches, Sizzling hang-outs,Engineering colleges at every town, Hospitals & movie-halls at every corner, shopping malls at every street and everything connected via Cyber-net. The development is so vast & the people are so sophisticated that they even forget to relax. This is evident when we have a look at the time when people start to their work place..! Every morning with great replenishing sun shine and crystal clean fresh air, people instead of enjoying the day with a great start, they tend to rush & push in for secured places in different means of transportation. The traffic starts get jamming rite from 8 a.m., frustrating the people, not allowing them to enjoy the start of the day. Not to forget the pollution, which eats up the fresh atmosphere, I personally wear helmet to safeguard myself from hectic pollution. Everybody gets stressed up by the time before they reach their work place. Also the number of college buses & I.T companies' transports are always on the increase, which creates added threat to the city.
I appreciate the traffic police, for their consistent patience, for handling heavy traffic & scorching heat simultaneously. Everyday the number of road accidents are on the rise. One of the main reasons for this may be the increased stress levels. I saw one of the biker, accelerating his vehicle without any control. I mean, he was showing his frustration on the accelerator. To add-up the auto-rickshaws lead us in deep trouble. Whenever ,wherever they see a customer, they immediately turn towards them without even watching the traffic behind them. I personally had a bad experience with some of such drivers. But, recently, when I came to my residence via Arcot road Kodambakkam, (through power house), to Ashok nagar, I de-clutched the gear, slowed down and stopped my bike aside immediately. This was a great thing I noticed on the roads. On seeing this I totally slowed down and I felt happy. This ensured everybody slowed down and checked their speed automatically... I felt as if there was a total freedom from road accidents..! Wondering what it must be..! Is it a traffic cop? Nope. Is it a military force? Nope. Is it some extinct mammal? Nope. Is it a ghost? nope. Then what it must be?
It was a marking made in yellow paint on the road...I initially thought when I was riding at a distance to be just a direction line, or seperation lane on the road... But it was a marking of a symbolic picture of a man indicating "one person has died at this spot!" This was very attractive and I feel this would be a best way for cautioning people while driving. It was looking as if the people purposely marked at the right spot where accidents are prone to take place. I do enquired about the trueness of the marking. One of the tea shop owner said that accidents have taken place at those places and after those incidents, it was a special effort taken by the people of that area, to put a full stop for such incidents. Kudos to the people who have been so creative..! But this also has an alarming effect on the riders. They tend to slowdown suddenly on seeing these markings, which creates a cascading effect for the following riders...
I have attached few pictures of those markings..The purpose for writing this article was not to just fill up pages or to get personal attraction. But the creativity which the people of that area had, should be brought to light so that, every human thinks of such aspects, making our city, thus the state & country and finally our planet earth, a safe place to live in...
thank you.....!