wheeling on wheel

                      wheeling on wheel

“Life without movement...” sounds wired as we cannot imagine our life without any kind of movement. Movement and motion are the necessities of life for surviving and to from one place to another.

   ‘Chakra”, a Sanskrit word for ‘Wheel’ which in English also means ‘Circle’ or a ‘Cycle’. Wheel is a circular component i.e. intended to rotate; making that can ease our life. Different sizes and shapes of wheel that we can see around us are always a matter of joy for many.

            In history, invention of wheels is a global revolution around 3000 years ago in the Bronze Age where life was given a new dimension and paved a way for new era. The weavers and potters were the first one to use wheels. Human brains united animals and wheel together. Cart pulled by horses, was the example of technical growth in the world history.

            Invention at its initial phase was marked to ease the life of human beings. The field of pottery is a crucial discovery for progression by humanity. The containers were prepared by the potters are helpful for carrying the essentials of drinking water and nutritious food. There was yet another enhancement by utilizing the wheels are now being used by the cars, motors, buses, which we use today as per our convenience.

            With great power comes great responsibility but this funda of life seems to be vanishing as it does not go along with the mantra of automobile speed that says ‘Get,Set,Smash’ in current scenario Road accidents due to speeding or exceeding speed limit are the crucial issue to worry about.

Increase in speed multiplies the risk of accident and severity of injury during accident causing many to lose their lives and making their families to suffer for lifetime. Sometimes innocent life is struck in bad luck in such accident causing them to suffer badly.

 According to the ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety’ published by World Health Organisation (WHO), the major cause of traffic collision is the speed limit and reckless drivers. Lack of ignorance for traffic rules in India particularly is a major factor for road accidents. 

Failure to maintain lane or yield to oncoming traffic when turning are prime cause of accidents on four lane,non-access controlled national highways.

Study says in every 3 minute an Indian dies in a road accident where growing rate of young victims in road accident are an upsetting fact. A majority of road accident victims 51.9% are in the 26-65 age group followed by 30.3% in 15-24 age group.

Automobile were made to facilitate and smoother the daily lives like the cars made by Ferrari,Bugatti,Maserati,Lamborghini or Bentley all are engineering marvels but if they are used wisely and effectively. Remembering a famous quote 'Better late than never' as it perfectly describe that nothing is more important than our lives. We can afford to be late but cannot afford to risk our life by our own hands.