This question started haunting me after last Saturday. That night I was returning from a certain place ‘X’ and with a girl ‘Y’. The stretch of road is known as ring road. Usually ring roads are supposed to be like a ring but this ring has been mutilated badly to suit well the land sharks in Bangalore. The bike was at full throttle. And suddenly I spotted a petite dog some 100 feet away crossing the road. The thing with the dogs is, they are very shy and indecisive when it comes to crossing the road. That dog would have crossed it without a scratch but suddenly in the middle of its march towards the other side he decided to go back, the scene we see when Indian batsmen try to take quick single run and mess up in the middle. And they get out most of the time. So in this cross-or-not-to-cross or vice versa scene my bike travelled that 100 meters and the dog somehow missed my front wheel by inches. He was hit by my leg guard. All this time I tried not to be a ‘dog’ and I kept my grip tight on handle bar. Swaying either way was not going to change the direction of the dog. Yes, I applied my front disc brake and rear brake in progressive combination. So at the time of impact my speed was near 40-50 kmph range. I saved my bike (first), my girl, my ‘self’ and the dog too. One other interesting fact the trajectory you follow and the dog follows after seeing each other is going to cross at some point of time in all three dimensions at the same time. And eventually you both will be there too with your trajectory colliding.
But the question hangs there. Before miss ‘Y’ blogs anything about this I want to share it with my readers. Why do dogs need to cross the road?
1. They don’t belong to either side of the road.
2. They are not blind enough to see the traffic.
3. They don’t have any home at either side.
4. They can shit at any side of the road.
5. They cant get much to eat at either side of the road.
6. May be their bitches or dogs are at other side. But they are not so social.
Etc.
I am living with my senior and one interesting incident happened with him too. He and his friend were going somewhere after a booze party. There was a dog again in the middle of the road. But that dog was drunk too. He was taking his shit out in the middle of the road. We all know how a dog shits. So my senior who was the pillion rider saw the shit and the dog or whatever first. He told his driver mate like a proper wing-man in World Rally Championship that there is this dog unloading his shit in middle of the road. So his friend rallied towards the dog with a war cry and they hit the dog and the road at the same time. Afterwards my senior was explaining this event to me. He said if the dog is left and tail right, then he will go left. And if his head to the right and the tail left, then he will go right. But he was heading in the same direction they were heading. So he moved straight and they hit the dog from behind.
Funny planet.
ps: whenever you see a dog on road don't try to evade it. anyway you are going to hit it.
the same applies to the ladies driving any vehicle, or crossing the road.
