On the very onset let me tell you what I feel for this, “a road vehicle with an engine and four wheel that can carry a small number of passenger”. This is the definition of a ‘CAR’ as OED (Oxford English Dictionary) states. As for me cars are more flattering than the pretty girls I see around the campus. For the section of readers who deplore this notion of mine will surely nod an affirmative in their idle when I point out the striking undue advantages - I can freely stare at a car and admire the matchless pageant of beauty. This you can’t do for a living creature around me as staring at an individual for more that 59 seconds can lend you in trouble and..... Blah! Blah!
Secondly the owner of the car which you are staring at,
certainly feels a tinge of joy (if it’s
an expensive car...he feels his mission to boast of his possession has been
accomplished and if it’s not an expensive one....Hmmm....it depends on the
owner’s mood).
Such an admirer of
cars I am, that I doubt whether I stitch the very tiny margin between stare and
ogle.
“Yes, I love my car” every owner will say if he/she is being
subjected to answer the question, “Do you love your car?” Some for the steep
price tag they brought the car for, some at the thought of owning a material
possession and a few out of a passion for this mechanical carrier. But with love
there comes the ostentatious accessories that must be purchased, whether it is
the fancy number plates, the dark black tinted glass or coloured headlamps.
The government has banned certain things, few of which I’ll
mention below:
1) The illegal
modifications are strictly not allowed on any vehicle:
2) Blinking lights (except signal lights and hazard lights) at the front or rear of the vehicle.
3) Installation of blue, red, purple, or green lights.
4) Installation of musical horns, or dissonant (two-toned) horns.
5) Installation of spot lights at the rear of the vehicle.
6) Installation of tinted glass or any other coloured material that exceeds 30% tint on the front and rear windscreens and 50% tint on the side windows (differs from state to state).
2) Blinking lights (except signal lights and hazard lights) at the front or rear of the vehicle.
3) Installation of blue, red, purple, or green lights.
4) Installation of musical horns, or dissonant (two-toned) horns.
5) Installation of spot lights at the rear of the vehicle.
6) Installation of tinted glass or any other coloured material that exceeds 30% tint on the front and rear windscreens and 50% tint on the side windows (differs from state to state).
As a car lover it upsets me when I see cars furnished with
these illegal stuffs; for I know of the menace it creates. Imagine a situation,
if you are on a highway and the driver on the opposite lane uses the blue high beam
of his vehicle. Does that not upset you? For blue lights, as they strike your
bare eyes, leave you blindfolded for a moment. And the fancy number plates? You
know better than me, right?
As a footnote to this content I would urge my fellow car
lovers to concentrate on safe driving rather than posing as a material of undue
caution of others. And feel the engine; listen to its roar; for it has its own
lore to narrate.
Note: For further information refer to section 52
(Alteration of vehicle) of the ‘MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1988’.
KNOW YOUR FRIEND FROM DU
Name: Syed Wasbir Subhani
Nick name: Aquazir
College: Ramjas College, University of Delhi
Course: Physics
Hobbies: Syed doesn't like to work. He likes to read novels and play some sport.
Interests: He loves writing and doing all chores that are forbidden to him.
