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    Cross Roads Demon

    Hello Folks,

    As safety issues pertaining to bikers are most important than any other thing so, I would like to contribute my own experience & hope that it will save someone when in a tight spot like i found myself a few days back.
    So here it goes, pardon my naive writing style ,as i am no expert in the literary arena.

    Every biker feels a sense of exhilaration cutting across their minds & souls when he is on his steed riding at astounding speeds.With currents of wind gushing past his ears ,sound of every other trivial & trifling nature gets filtered out by the unending urge , a burning desire for more thrill & adrenaline.

    It is in such situations when some of us encounter a demon which is like a headhunter direct from biker's nightmare. The CrossRoads Demon.
    Sounds familiar!!! As few of you start feeling tired & bored let me take you on a live ride scenario of what actually happened to me.

    Time :8am ; Bike:CBZ Xtreme
    Imagine yourself ready to go to work.You jump on your steed gleefully. Passion in your eyes, heart pounding with excitement & to add to it weather is astoundingly great after rain from previous night.You take your keys ,plug them in & fire in the hole. There comes the most amazing sound you ever heard of..(pardon me if i digress from the issue time & again to delve into the eternal beauty, charisma a bike holds in mind of a biker...i cannot help it)...So you ride into the open.With road in excellent condition ,your steed literally begs you for throttle & like a trustworthy partner you obey.
    Bike burns through the tarmac, churning out every last bit of life it has inside its gut.Now when you are on the cloud nine, cutting across skies, suddenly out of nowhere a cross-section appears in front of you.To complement your bad dream & to make sure it turns out to be a NDE (Near Death Experience) for you & your noble steed, a rider appears from your right trying to cut through the crossroad, completely oblivious to your presence.You still pretty much on the fateful cloud nine, suddenly become aware of the situation & with all your inherent biker instincts rushing in to save you, you press the front disc & rear breaks. By gods grace your tyres dont lock themselves & you successfully manage a way out ,with a story to tell afterwards.You glance back at the reaper(sorry..my mistake...the rider), that villian, of your nightmare & he unfazed, beams back a smile & says "Breaks nhi hai kya". I thought "Boss agar breaks nahi hote to hum dono kahin aur hi hote".
    I slowed down my speed to a minimal still in a state of aftershock, trying to recollect what actually happened & it took me not more than a second to figure out that i just had my first date with the Crossroads Demon.
    If i had been a hero of some classic cult science fiction movie , i would turn back & still see the demon with his hollow,dry & frightening smile staring right back at me & gnawing his paws in frustration for the chance he just missed on a precious soul.
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    Topic approved and moved.

    'Luv'ed' the way you described it. Keep it up.
    (Been There Done That) x 3.25

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    • #3
      Originally posted by sunilg View Post
      Topic approved and moved.

      'Luv'ed' the way you described it. Keep it up.
      Holy smokes! You got the gift of the gap brother. Write and feed us your write up,for its what cheered up a lonely-feeling me tonight. *so happy*
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      • #4
        @Solanki...Thanks bro.
        Just tried to make it informative & interesting at the same time.
        Safety should be taken as a sine qua non by all the bikers.

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        • #5
          Having been at the receiving en of such morons not once, not twice but thrice in my short life I have utter disdain for such Idiots on the road. Its not until your life and mind are in shambles that you realize the gravity of such situations and how some utterly basic common sense, like looking at both sides of the road before crossing, is missing in the general populace. Its true. The most uncommon sense is ironically called "common" sense.

          1 broken leg and six months of bed rest, 1 totaled car which had to be scrapped because the repair costs exceeded the car value and damage on a newly bought bike has resulted in me having ZERO tolerance for such assholes.
          This time you were lucky my friend, god forbid you aren't the next time.. What then? Would you keep calm when he smiled at you?
          I'm not the one who advocates violence but sometimes a good dressing down will ensure he'll think twice before endangering someone else's life.

          *Mods - Please excuse the language. I hope you understand.*
          Live to ride.. ride to forget..


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          • #6
            As I am typing this comment, I faced a similar moron just 30mins ago. I managed to stop with all my effort and his comment on seeing my polished R15 was............."these rich guys always drink and drive and not sure when the law would take action on me"(in tamil). I was almost ready with enough anger to murder him, but left the place as if nothing occurred, Lets save this part while we tell the story to our grand children.
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            • #7
              @nitrix ... yup it was my first brush with these so called people with zero common sense.You put it rightly brother,if i had suffered such an horrible accident as you did, maybe my response would be a diametrically opposite one.Common sense is truly uncommon.I hope for your well being & pray that you ,or anyone else never have to face such an unfortunate situation ever.

              @whistler...I would reiterate what nitrix said in your situation , Lack of common sense is root of all accidents.
              Common sense = a sense not so common & people with it would soon be declared an extinct species by the govt.(only if they have some of it themselves, though i doubt it)

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              • #8
                @ Luv: Your first post: its an exact copy of my first and only accident in 9 years or so, which happened on 3 Aug 2010.

                Except that it was not 8AM, but 8-9PM... And also, that I couldn't brake in time, because the other guy had his headlights off, and all I could see on my right, was pitch darkness.

                Crashed into him, both me and my bike sprung into the air and when we came down, my right arm was bent like the letter "Z". The steel rod from the operation is still in my arm. He was luckier, as he escaped on the same bike he crashed.


                I thought I was an aware biker, and can compensate for such fools, or we can say, crossroad demons by keeping my attention on the road and wearing helmets. But helmet can save just my head, right? And it did.

                But this guy who crashed into me: He was no ordinary demon. An ordinary demon didn't stand a chance: it took a superdemon to crash me.

                After all, Headlights= off, horn= not at all, slowing down himself= no way, helmet= no, but his luck saved him.
                ^ These are the indications of a superdemon guys, be careful.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Samarth 619 View Post
                  @ Luv: Your first post: its an exact copy of my first and only accident in 9 years or so, which happened on 3 Aug 2010.

                  Except that it was not 8AM, but 8-9PM... And also, that I couldn't brake in time, because the other guy had his headlights off, and all I could see on my right, was pitch darkness.

                  Crashed into him, both me and my bike sprung into the air and when we came down, my right arm was bent like the letter "Z". The steel rod from the operation is still in my arm. He was luckier, as he escaped on the same bike he crashed.


                  I thought I was an aware biker, and can compensate for such fools, or we can say, crossroad demons by keeping my attention on the road and wearing helmets. But helmet can save just my head, right? And it did.

                  But this guy who crashed into me: He was no ordinary demon. An ordinary demon didn't stand a chance: it took a superdemon to crash me.

                  After all, Headlights= off, horn= not at all, slowing down himself= no way, helmet= no, but his luck saved him.
                  ^ These are the indications of a superdemon guys, be careful.
                  @Luv - An excellent write up bro. Kudos to your writing skills and vocabulary.
                  Its a serious topic indeed, and one faces such situations at least once in his life.

                  @Samarth - Bro, you were lucky as well. Though I feel bad for the steel rod in your arm, but you're here with us, sharing your experience.
                  Things could have been worse.
                  I lost a friend in my college in the 2nd semester. His P200 was hit by an Alto at 90 degrees. The car came out of nowhere trying to jump the signal and hit my friend who was sadly in front of the car.
                  He, my bro was incapacitated. He was alive long enough to see his right limbs amputated to stop risking other body parts, only to leave us alone a month later.
                  Got a $5 head? Get a $5 helmet.
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                  • #10
                    @samarth: I am truly sorry for your accident bro.I know words cant bring back your arm but hey, you survived ,it could have been much worse as stated by able friend sharan.

                    @sharan:Just trying to share my first bad experience bro.Sometimes you just wonder why do people act or behave in a manner having no traffic sense or rather a complete lack of common sense to be more exact.

                    I wish there had been a pre-accident division (On the lines of hollywood movie -Minority Report's pre-crime division) to catch such fools before they could commit their folly & leave anyone debilitated for his entire life.

                    Nevertheless ,samarth you got to be strong & remember that ,
                    " A Thing that doesn't kills you only makes you stronger".
                    Safe driving.

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                    • #11
                      Yes, its not that bad after all. Everything is fine now. I'm working in a college I once studied in, and most importantly still riding my bike.
                      In fact, would you believe if I told you that I rode my friends' Karizma 2 months after my arm operation, with him as pillion. Ok, maybe that was stupid.

                      And the steel rod should be removed soon too, via an operation, after I get some free time.

                      @ Luv: You're right it did make me strong mentally. Past is past, no problem. But, my/ our only concern is that we don't meet such a super-idiot/ super-demon (like superhero, supervillian) again in our lives, who don't leave a scope for anyone to defend himself.


                      @ DivyaSharan: That's a very sad end he met. Bad luck really. Too unlucky.
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                      Indian riding = Alertness, Anticipation and Adjustment.

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                      • #12
                        @samarth: Thats great news .Its nice to hear you have left your past way behind & driving a karizma only 2 months later though a little stupid as it may seem but for me it demarcates your tough attitude & a solid disposition towards whatever life throws at you.

                        Pardon me i am a little obsessed with quotes so here is one for you,
                        "Tough times don't last but tough people do".

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