Saturday, November 19, 2011

India-Land of Paradoxes?

India-Land of Paradoxes?

Not one to be a basher generally, but a few things have been conjuring up in my mind lately.

1) We all know cigarettes, gutkha and alcohol have very adverse effects on health. Yet, cigarette companies continue manufacturing them and our Citizens continue lighting up.
Shouldn't it be the moral responsibility of the Government to stop sale of Cigarettes rather than looking at economic benefits?

2) Similarly, in our country, the Highest legal speed limit according to Wikipedia, is 80kmph.
Yet, we have a bike dubbed "Fastest Indian" capable of speeds upto 150kmph, a Pocket Rocket in the R15 capable of 145kmph, the CBR250 with God Knows what top speed, the Apache calling itself "Scarily Fast".
Shouldn't bikes that are capable of speeds above 80kmph be considered illegal?

One reason maybe they use it for Track Racing. Alright, that way wouldn't it be advisable to only allow pre-determined Track Racing Suited vehicles to cross 80kmph on a Race Track only. Similar to what exists on the GT-R wherein the car crosses above the Speed Limiter only after the GPS installed in the car locates the car to be on a Race Track?

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