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70 kmph- Butterfly Effect Part III



22 Aug 2008,Friday 12°55'1"N 80°13'50"E 3.50 pm


70...60..50..40..30..20..crashhhhhhhhhhhhhh..a minor accident.veh no : TN-07 P 5312...the victim skidded off the road by braking on the rubble and sand that collected on the road due to rain the prev day, but he escaped with second degree burns in his right calf which was tangled between the brake lever and engine.Luckily it was near the T shop and it happened @ the shoulders of the OMR road . Within seconds there were people to help him out and took him to the company med centre...

The guy who skidded was none other than me. I started off 3.45 to reach office @ 4 pm. It was a bit unusual time, i generally used to go around 5 pm to office. It was a coincidence that i thought i wud complete this blog after my work on friday n jus uploaded the picture Bfore that this had happened. It was on the card always..the road being rough exactly near the entrance and 2 days back, @ the same spot there was head on collision of two busss. Statistics proved here , it was an accident zone...u wont believe months ago i saw a dead man 10 metres away from the same spot being hit by a milk van around 2 am in the morning. It was a terrific xperience that night.I cudnt go up to my desk that night n continue with my coding...


12°55'1"N 80°13'50"E

...0..10..20..30..40..50..60..70..fiero suzuki...reaching 70 in jus 10 seconds.. its 3 am.. the clock ticking.....70..60..50..first turn a long turn ... time 3:02

full throttle...50..60 ...70...80..a straight till the 12°56'26"N 80°14'9"E...
slowing down..to 60...a slight turn..time now is 3:04...

60 ..70....80..90...on a straight ...wow....its like flying....the engine getting the hardest beat ever...and the pumping of pistons..i feel the vibration.....may be the bike has become too old.. the pistons being 7 years old...

[I remember in the same road beating the 110 mark with the same bike...on a sunday afternoon..after the entrance exam I had to take up for the non-gate for my masters..it was rushing to watch the football match of FIFA 2002 between Argentina and Nigeria which the Albicelestes went on to win the match with a goal from Batistuta...]

a sharp left ..gear down to 3 @ 12°57'51"N 80°14'47"E for a sharp turn and one more straight the most difficult part of riding a bike in this straight , a challenge for most bikers

time 3.05.

some more lefts n rights thru the the small streets to reach the destination
12°58'56"N 80°12'35"E to get some hrs of sleep....time 3:10..

next day...nope i am not going to office on sSaturdays..n Sundays these days..


the ride starts on Monday from
12°58'56"N 80°12'35"E to the beginning...hope for no crashes this time.. its all in the game of falling and getting up and the game never ends...

butterfly effect..continues..


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