Incidentally the reporter, Abhijit Dev Kumar, helped a scooterist in a hit and run case this week. A two wheeler rider got hit by a Maruti Suzuki Swift car and the person drove away without bothering to stop. Abhijit then dialed 108(please use this number in case of emergencies - AMAZING Service) and called the ambulance - all this in the middle of the night!
Noticed something here? The scooterist got hit for no fault of his. Just because there was an inept person behind the wheel of a car, some poor soul on the road got hurt. This was exactly what I was trying to avoid by stopping the cab driver from driving rashly, but we all know how that story ended.
Here is the link to The Hindu article:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/06/stories/2008110657890200.htm
Excerpt:
Techie nominated for MTV award
Hyderabad: The ire against Hyderabad’s traffic is quite evident in his blog. His initiative, ‘Free the left lane’, inspired young professionals to regulate traffic near the Cyber Towers junction. Meet Sameer Mehta, who was recently nominated for MTV’s Youth Icon Award for his initiative on traffic that started last year through ‘trafficinhyderabad.blogspot.com’.
A solutions architect from Sum Total, an IT company, Sameer often got stuck at the Hitech City crossroads on his way to work. “I saw that most motorists blocking traffic at the junction were well-educated professionals working in IT companies. When I got to work, I decided to write about traffic in the city, especially about keeping the left lane free. Most of the traffic jams are caused because the left lane is blocked,” says Sameer.
With close to 12,000 hits and 68 posts about traffic on his blog since July 2007, Sameer is now making a short documentary on the traffic scenario. To vote for Sameer Mehta, visit ‘ http://www.mtvyouthicon.in.com/nominee.php?id=46566’ or via SMS, “Icon SM” to 56882.
