Daijiworld Media Network - Haveri (SP)
Haveri, Feb 9: Sometimes, the helmet rule can have some serious side effects. Not of the medical kind, but the marital kind, at least in this case!
An incident which occurred at Ranebannur in the district on Monday February 8, which was caused by the rule about wearing of helmets by pillion riders, gave some entertainment to the onlookers while those involved with it went through frustrating moments.
Two Honda bikes of approximately similar colour had visited a petrol bunk here for buying petrol at the same time. Women on the pillions of both the motor bikes were wearing helmets as it is mandatory. Both of them got down to facilitate filling of petrol. Both women wore similar-looking dresses. One of them was talking over cellphone when continuing to wear the helmet. She got on the pillion of the nearby bike after petrol was filled.
After some distance, the woman was shaken after observing that the two-wheeler had taken a route which did not lead to her home. She questioned the rider where he was headed. The bike rider was surprised at hearing a strange voice. After checking the woman sitting on the pillion, he realized that he had not got doubly confirmed about the pillion rider's identity before leaving the petrol bunk. The woman turned out to be another man's wife!
The two then returned to the petrol bunk, where the other woman and the husband of the pillion rider were waiting patiently. Eyewitnesses said that there was a minor verbal friction between the two couples over this episode.
This incident has given rise to the necessity for the motor bike riders to confirm before riding away that the lady seated in the back happen to be their wives, particularly so as many wear similar colour helmets and dresses, and men normally are not too good at identifying and differentiating between different colours.