I was traveling on the NYC thruway (and I should say minding my own business), when all of a sudden I saw bikes flying past me. One thing I wondered at that point was 'Hey, where are your manners. How dare you behave this way on a road shared by millions'... Probably 15 minutes later, I was forced to drop a notch from the XX miles per hour...Uh oh, I had thought this would be a smooth ride to the city but well, it seemed that there was a huge pile up of traffic. I am sure every one can relate to what could have been going through the mind at that point ($@!!$!@).
Slowly but at a real snail pace, the cars were moving. I think we had to go 3 miles before I could make out the source of the mess. Immediately my mind went blank and then again in some time, the first thought that popped up was 'oh no' and then it became a mix of guilty feelings and sadness.
I could see a paramedic van and couple of police cars. The whole area was kind of shut off and cars were directed to move through two lanes. A green car stood with the back wheel over a bike. I do not think I need to explain the condition of both the vehicles. I had that gut feeling that this was the bike I had seen miles before. Now when I think about it, I wonder it could have been any bike that could have entered via the exits. But at that moment I could only berate myself for being so cruel - why did I have to be so critical about anyone's mistakes. I could have just uttered those words 'Lord, save him' and maybe he would have not met with this mishap.
Somehow, even though it was not as fast as I would have wished for, my car passed through the area and traffic started moving as before. Guess I could added one more line in the worry creases on my forehead - but the scenes were moving in and out of my mind - what if !
Reading about it makes it much easier but seeing something like this makes you feel nothing is worth it than the joy of being with loved ones. Also it made me realize how easily I tend to find fault with everything and everybody. A slip of a tongue, a shoot out of mouth - how it can backfire with no scope of regret.
