Saturday, March 29, 2008

The day i broke a signal...!!!

The scene...
Vaidya Ameya driving his car down Tilak Bridge, Dadar. The song on the radio changes from Khwaja Mere Khwaja to Numb...Linkin Park and almost automatically the car changes gear from second to fourth! Of course there was a intermediate transition to third gear! Alright... Vaidya Ameya doesn't see the signal at Plaza...must have been the glares he is wearing. but the traffic inspector ahead makes sure that Vaidya Ameya sees him! Well what now, no choice but to comply with the orders to take the car to the left. I always feel odd when i see a traffic police signal a car to veer to the left...the antics they do...they could beat Billy Bowden and Shreesanth combined!!! Probably it has something to do with the excitement they feel on having ensnared a victim. Well i had a strong urge to veer to the right rather than left but then my mind clicked on and the gears started working after about a millennium to cook up a defense!

I immediately remembered the Ad on TV where a similarly affected kid calls his dad and you know the rest....But i realized quickly that my dad would not really be enthused to be part of this ridiculous plan!

By this time the traffic police was almost face to face with me. I quickly got out and before i could initiate a cordial talk he quickly read out...Veermata Jijabai tocnologcel intute...he couldn't read the entire thing on the thing hanging from my neck! then he looked me over...and was convinced that he had a prized catch for the day! A college kid with a car and no license! Hehe Haha..he was wrong...he didn't know who he had on his hands that day. Although i had broken the signal, U see i am innocent unless proven guilty!
He started off by asking my name...after getting the little details he asked his prized question... लाईसेन्स आहे का?
And he was more than stumped when i answered in the affirmative! Well one point i would like to make...that piece of legal document which gives you the right to drive vehicles in town is always easily obtained from my wallet on normal days but today it took so long for me to locate it that for a moment i thought that i had lost or misplaced it! The good side was that my tormentor's hopes were inflated before being quickly flattened when i managed to find the document called DRIVING LICENSE
Then i pulled off an ace by explaining that i had gotten off on a orange and then was slowed down due to an old aunty crossing the road. He wouldn't fall for it but i still persisted. I think i would have made an excellent lawyer the way i convinced him that i was not at fault! I have never talked so sweetly to anyone in my life.
You guys and gals would be amazed that i came out of the ordeal without an offense registered against my name and also more importantly without shelling out a rupee as bribe!!!! I barely had 50 bucks anyway!