Unfortunate Bus accident on Mumbai Pune Express Highway news in newspaper reminded me of my experience few years back - fraction of a second matters a lot.
I along with two friends Vishal Sahni & Vicky Osan took a taxi (Tata Indica) from Pune to Mumbai at around 1 pm. Vicky sat on co-driver seat, I was exactly behind driver and Vishal next to me.
On our way, I was busy on laptop, so practically all were quite, vehicle driving at 100km/hour plus speed.
Suddenly Vishal slowly tapped on right shoulder of driver to stop the car on the road side. As vehicle came to an halt, Vishal went out and sat road side with both of his hands on his head. We all got down and asked what happened? Terribly shaken Vishal replied "ड्राईवर सो गया था गाड़ी चलाते चलाते और गाड़ी की स्पीड 100 के ऊपर थी". Vishal further said he saw driver's closed eyes for few seconds in back view mirror of the car.
When asked to driver he admitted that he hasn't slept for whole night as this was his third trip Mumbai Pune since a evening before. He washed his face with water, however in second attempt again found his eyes dropping. From there onwards, I drove the car to Mumbai and asked Driver to sleep in back seat.
Reason for sharing this is, had Vishal not seen driver sleeping, our vehicle could have dashed against anything at that speed and the car's poor safety features could have been enough to kill us all instantly or avoiding us, someone else could have met with an gruesome accident.
Destiny is certainly above all, however human error & carelessness plays very crucial part in changing lives of many, including future of their family.
I along with two friends Vishal Sahni & Vicky Osan took a taxi (Tata Indica) from Pune to Mumbai at around 1 pm. Vicky sat on co-driver seat, I was exactly behind driver and Vishal next to me.
On our way, I was busy on laptop, so practically all were quite, vehicle driving at 100km/hour plus speed.
Suddenly Vishal slowly tapped on right shoulder of driver to stop the car on the road side. As vehicle came to an halt, Vishal went out and sat road side with both of his hands on his head. We all got down and asked what happened? Terribly shaken Vishal replied "ड्राईवर सो गया था गाड़ी चलाते चलाते और गाड़ी की स्पीड 100 के ऊपर थी". Vishal further said he saw driver's closed eyes for few seconds in back view mirror of the car.
When asked to driver he admitted that he hasn't slept for whole night as this was his third trip Mumbai Pune since a evening before. He washed his face with water, however in second attempt again found his eyes dropping. From there onwards, I drove the car to Mumbai and asked Driver to sleep in back seat.
Reason for sharing this is, had Vishal not seen driver sleeping, our vehicle could have dashed against anything at that speed and the car's poor safety features could have been enough to kill us all instantly or avoiding us, someone else could have met with an gruesome accident.
Destiny is certainly above all, however human error & carelessness plays very crucial part in changing lives of many, including future of their family.
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