"Are you crazy? U are going on 140", shouts dad. Hmmm when did i get there??
"Yikes, Sorry I dint realize", i reply.
What is it about driving that it makes people like me crazy? It is supposed to be the handling of a self powered machine on wheels used for locomotion. Seems so dull to be defined but what explains the fiery outbursts of joy, wonder, angst while driving. The passion for control of the wheels doesn't discriminate. The power that wrests in your hands over a machine (a beauty in its own sense and reams can be written about it) gives us a feeling of superiority.
My first tryst with driving was when i was asked to drive a kinetic by my uncle. i was in sixth (and by then was pretty good at cycling) I started off (on his insistence) in one of the busiest junctions of the city. However to my utter surprise i had no problems. It was just like bicycling, just didnt have to pedal. Suddenly i felt as if i had got wings. I refused to let him drive again when i was along. The thirst for speed, the thrill of power came upon me. It was bliss like nothing else.
The feeling still persists, the thirst never dies, the joy never fades. That is driving , one of the most delightful activities in life, seldom bored however tiring or painful it turns out to be. Like any other skill, competition brings out the best moments and experiences in driving.
Driving is a mutual communication between man and machine. Somewhat like horse riding. Love your horse, treat it well, it obeys your will. The same goes with cars and bikes. You tell it what to do, it tells you how much it can. The better you drive, the better it performs. The better it performs you will love driving more.
The exhilaration of stepping on the gas after having shifted to the top gear on high revs is enormous. You feel as if you are God. Everything under your control, omnipotency creeps in. I pierce through the wind like a bullet. No one can stop me. But alas, someone always does, always!
I rephrase RL Stevenson and say "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to drive."
The Great Affair
22 May 2006 by Vemana
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6 comments:
itwas a gud one...
Special applause for page rendering.. the best amongst the few i have seen
thank you moony
really good starting!!..compels the reader to move on...and experience the joy of driving...'such a rush to do nothing at all' ..but may be only to experience the joy of rushing on..
really driving brings out the God in u.. u are in this world that is only urs and onlu u hav the power to control.. thats an indescribable feeling and if u hav to giv it words then i wil use urs vem.. :)
Are you one of those speeding freaks?
Ok one must try and understand that he/she is not the only one on road. The sound of a car at 100 has made me shiver.
Machine... God! Ha! too much for me! I cant even tame my hair...
ya right "driving brings out the god in u"....say tht after u drive in bangalore...sorry man couldn't stop myself frm saying this...but ya when u r on say an nh-7 u can say tht!!!
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