Talk about irony. The NOIDA (UP) police has just come up with a novel way of combatting high jacking of cars on the NOIDA-Greater NOIDA Expressway. Their answer is to FINE people who OFFER lifts. Yes, that is right. If you offer someone a lift on the Expressway, the cops will thoko you with a heavy challan. Doesnt matter whether or not your passenger was really in distress.
If you cant catch the crooks, punish the people who get robbed. 'Yes Mr.Gupta, it is your fault that you didnt take stricter protection measures.' Lol.. As per the press release, in case you see an old person stranded, or a woman in distress or even an accident victim, you are suppposed to keep your eyes on the road and floor the accelerator. And once you come to the end of the expressway, you can go to the police station and tell the kind cops there that there was a life and death situation 15 kms and 20 mins back which they can go investigate.
Come to think of it, it seems like a radical idea. So by extension, people should get fined for the following:
- Getting run over by Delhi's Blue Line buses - 'who told you to go 50 metres within a bus stand?'
- Helping someone cross the road - 'Did you know how many people get knocked down every day on the road?'
- Sending your new neighbours food & water - 'We live in dangerous times. Dont trust anyone. The food might be drugged'
- Bringing someone else's child home along with yours - 'You might want to kidnap this child coz he's better at studies than your duffer son'
And then people accuse Indians of becoming callous and uncaring...
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