rules are meant for breaking

Last week the government issued an ultimatum to all bike riders that they simply had to wear crash helmets.They also insisted all car users use their seat belts.I read it and dismissed it.These rules have come and gone a million times and no one follows it nor is it implemented .I was therefore pretty shocked to see almost everyone on their bikes wear helmets and the shops had long ques of people waiting to buy helmets.

I decided that an old hat like me should realise that the current lot of people are getting used to rules and will fall in line unlike some of us who believed rules are meant to be broken.This was becoming like other countries where people follow rules.

I went home happier that my world was becoming sensitive to security and safety,especially when the cop in front of our office has been crying himself silly trying to make people follow simple traffic rules.

The long and short of it was that for all my dreaming about a better world,it all shattered when non other than the chief minister himself diluted the rule the next day saying it was ok not to wear helmets.So its back to helmet less driving and so much for rules and discipline and the good world.