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| leepi |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 06:56 AM
Nepalese government has banned the use of visor and mask for the motorcycle riders in the valley for security reasons. What a great government we have in our country which is so dedicated towards the safety and security of the people. I must say they have done a great job by banning the mask and visors in the world’s second most polluted city. Great job! I wonder how such an intelligent government did not come up with something better like, no helmets at all which does cover the part of the rider’s face! And so what if someone died in an accident, it would be a sacrifice for the country in this crucial time. “No riding bikes at all in the valley” also sounds like a good option to me but I think there would be lots of protest against the government if they did that. Umm…. so what could be the best solution? Oh yeah! How about limiting the speed to 5 Km/hr at the maximum? Isn’t it the great idea? No terrorist would be able to escape.I hope the government implements it soon.
Not that I don’t love my country, but sometimes I feel ashamed to call myself a citizen of the country which is being ruled by a bunch of idiots and I feel so relieved for not being there, at least for a while. I feel bad for those who are suffering all the misery due to the political crap going on right now.
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| acharya |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 07:03 AM
Where have u been all this time? I am sure the King would have appointed you in place of SBT had he knowned u existed!
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| Rusty |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 08:44 AM
Safty, health, and death...ain't matter in Nepal anymore... Security, that matters now.
"I wonder how such an intelligent government did not come up with something better like, no helmets at all which does cover the part of the rider’s face!" -- Leepi very funny.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 08:48 AM
How about "NO HELMETS period!!!" The cost of replacing every broken police lathi is rising due to deforestation.
Rusty, Rusty... so nice to read you again. :)
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| Gerox |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 08:55 AM
Agree leepi.Agree everything, but i dont feel ashamed to recognize myself as a nepalese.
Its the people who have ruined the country, but not the country itself.And, if we fell ashamed to call ourselves nepalese, then who will rectify the problem?
chill out;)
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| leepi |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 12:53 PM
I see what you are saying Gerox. I do not feel ashamed to recognize myself as a Nepalese either. I am proud to be a Nepali. I only feel ashamed for being a Nepali who is being ruled by a bunch of idiots for the past few years who are in the path of almost destroying the nation.
Don't you think we should be ruled by some intellectuals who can really lead us, guide us and save the country? Don't we have intellectual people in Nepal who can really do it? Yes, we do. But these intellectuals do not want to come forward and join polictics. Why? Because politics iin our nation is synonymous to corruption, disrespect and yes, nepotism. Do you really respect any politician in Nepal more than even a poor teacher of your school? Ii don't. Intellectuals, they are busy doing something productive and creative unlike those politicians who always have the destructive mind .... ye keta ho bholi thamel ko ghar haru ko jhyal ko sisa futaunu parcha, ani parsi new road ma bhako sabai gadi ko jhyal ko, niparsi k garne, tyo pachi bhanula, la aba sabai jana afno afno kaam ma laga. Idiots!
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 01:28 PM
"Don't you think we should be ruled by some intellectuals who can really lead us, guide us and save the country? Don't we have intellectual people in Nepal who can really do it? Yes, we do"
I am sorry to say that the intellectual mass is abroad and wouldn't want to return to nepal to guide or save the country.Yes, they have lot of policies and possible solutions, but they want the idiot bunch to implement it. What is scary bout this intellectual mass is they have learned to instill among themselves that they can do far more for their country by staying abroad. But of course, we have our priorities in life and in this list, I and myself comes first...swayam sewa outweighs samaj sewa. So, we can't really blame them either for wanting to seek prosperity and peace elsewhere can we now?
As for nepal, few schools that produce genuine intellecutals are in a hurry to get out as well. The success of the school nowadays depend upon the ability to send students abroad.
Now for the positive side: Democracy is still juvenile in the country. but hey look! prgoress has been made. Slowly but surely, corruption is being condemned. The oppression is being refuted. Younger and younger people instead of idling around home living off their parents ..are either working, in the street fighting, and learning. yes that's not ideal, but at least they are doing something If there is no intellectual to rule the country, perhaps the idiot bunch should be given a break! What would you do if u were in their shoes? its easy to point out this and that from thousand of miles away, like myself here ;), but much harder to put that into prospective in a country that is wounded in more than one ways. Maybe i have left my evergreen pessimism somewhere, but i still see light in nepal. Patience, perseverance and tolerance.....now if only we gave thse terms a little more scrutinization instead of evergreen acusations on the others :). ON the brightest side, there are still individuals, intellectuals per see, who are working in Nepal despite the adversities and hoping to return to Nepal and work for its cause. All is not lost my friend :)
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 02:52 PM
When we vent anger, may be we vent it without vetting it.Specially when it comes to talk about corruption and political leaders. Let me provide two early examples that I found in old history books.
204 years ago, at the aftermath of civil war, Rana Bahadur Shah had to leave Nepal and he lived in Kashi. His stay in Kashi was shameful. He called himself Swami Maharaj, but borrowed money wildly with the merchants of Kashi, and wasted that on doing what kings do efficiently:chasing tawaayefs, organizing mujura and throwing money. He accumulated huge loans in a high interest rate. Some historians put it at 400K. Queen Rajrajeshwari wanted Rana Bdr to be back to Nepal, because he was harming our national interest and English rulers were trying to use him against Nepal then. To pay all the loans he accumulated, she had to raise the tax in whole Nepal. Ridiculous. Raise the tax to pay for one's profligate life in Kashi.
During Bhimsen Thapa's jahaniyaa rule, Mathvar Singh Thapa was head of the army. In 1880s, when he went to Calcutta with a platoon of his army, he spent 100K in a few days. Ridiculous, historians note.
Janga Bdr took money from our coffer, and spent on famous callgirls of Europe. Chandra Shamsher made Singh Darbar with national money and sold it to nation. And this whole process continued unabated. Until, well, well until today. But think about this, it was only during 2047-58, that civilians effectly opposed the excesses of rulers. When Man Mohan Adhikari was charged with taking 600 dollars extra dollars in his trip to UN, it was a national issue. I come from Chitwan, and when my three term MP Jagrit Bhetwal was exposed of taking ill-reputed sutkeri bhattaa, he lost the election. CIAA and the power given to it were also thanks to popular pressure to the politicians.
After coup of Gyanendra, the trend of being corrupt with impunity has again reemerged. Gyanendra is corruption-in-chief himself. His son reenacted MathabarSingh Thapa's lavish style in his last trip to India by taking about 100K dollars from national coffer.Kamal Thapa publicly said that development officers appointed in his tenure have 2 billion rupees in their disposal to play with it. I thought that money was to be accounted and was for development purpose.
If we want to claim we are intellectual, it is incumbent upon us to analyse the illness properly, and criticize where the illness is. Throwing potshots randomly only hurts our own intended assumption of being intellectual.Amen.
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 03:01 PM
motorbike helmet in Nepal: Hagai bhanda padhai thulo
In a country where the traffic in cities moves less than 15 mph, it is not necessary to enforece one to wear helmet. Now you see some negative externalities associated with it.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 03:16 PM
>In a country where the traffic in cities
> moves less than 15 mph, it is not necessary
>to enforece one to wear helmet. Now you
> see some negative externalities associated
>with it.
A quick note, Bhunteji, is that your assertion is not true.
When we are driving motorbike, No matter who makes the mistake, when crashed with Tractor, Truck, minibus, bus, even rhino, buffalo, etc,the motorbike driver is the one who loses.
Now, whether a motorbike hits a minibus or minibus hits a motorbike,most likely it is the motorbike driver who is going to lose. Even if he was following all rules. And even in 15 mph, try getting hit by a minibus. The cumulative momentum of 30 mph is enough to kill a driver. But helmet often protects brain/head. So, in some cases, it is good tool to save a driver.
I had seen a corpse of a former chief of Bharatpur Airport long ago. He was driving very fast in the midnight of Chitwan years ago, when he hit some unidentified animal. His motorbike lost balanced, and his head hit the road. When I saw his corpse, the only organ that suffered damage was head. The doctor's verdict was that if only he had worn his helmet, he would not have left his kids as orphan.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 03:23 PM
Try RUNNING @ 15 mph into a moving wall without a crash helmet!
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 04:21 PM
Biswo, my intention is let us give the riders some choice. Much of Nepal's traffic accidents in Nepal may be due to inexperienced/untrained drivers and the licensing drivers based on nepotism n bribery. Drunk drivers in highways and during nights are not uncommon in nepal. They have to be checked first.
Probably i set the average speed of 15 mph in cities in Nepal too high. Actually traffics are so heavy that the vehicle speed generally ranges between 5-15 Kph. It is the speed that determines the degree of severity of head injury. Wearing helmet may be made mandatory in highways in Nepal. My previous assertion is based on my observation in the city where i live and then compared. This is where the speed limit is generally between 15 to 35 mph. Here, i haven't seen any police officer stopping anyone driving a motorbike without helmet. Why people/policy here finds safe driving w/o helmet, but not in Nepal?
Your Bharatpur episode may be on the highway. Pedestrians, chickens, pet animals, ruminants crossing is common. Moreover, people basks or thresh wheat on the roadside. When a truck or minibus hits a motorcyclist on the opposite direction, i doubt the chances of survibability or good life after even the driver was in helmet. It is interesting to do accident analysis in ktm traffic, but it may be of intrest to someone in transportation engineering or urban planning field.
SITRARA, baff re baff! ammai, yo kahile dekhi ko ris pokhnu bhako ho? aru ghoda chadhe bhandai ma ma dhuri chadhdina ni ta...instead why not hit sundari's sexy porche @15mph rather than hitting a naked wall!! Ouchh...
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| bardan |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 04:47 PM
its a simple matter of risks vs benfits:
if an ufortunate accident happens,the guy riding the bike may die,a pedetrain he hit might brake a bone or two...
but at such a time when the maoists are desperately in search of a big incident to show that they are still in the game,i guess sometimes such moves,trivial as they may seem, are justified.
its a not a mystery that the maoist launch daring attacks when some important dates are near.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 06:59 PM
Dear Bhunteji:
Yes, our police offices are corruption ridden, and they issue all sorts of driver certificates. But that doesn't mean we should get rid of helmet rule. 'Safety first' rule is very important.
We should pinpoint and remedy where the weaknesses lie. The weaknesses of issuing forged documents won't be remedied by removing legitimate rules regarding helmet. We can't give choice of helmet to motorbike drivers in the same way we can't give choice of 'airmask' to fighter plane pilots:-)
KTM's traffic problem is not going to get any better by removing helmet rules. It will be better by limiting the number of motorbikes plying in the road, may be by broadening the old and narrow roads, making sure that motorbike drivers don't flout the traffic rules the way they do now, and by making sure that motors registered outside won't get unfettered access in KTM. While I will better respect expert's opinions on this issue and will be better informed on this issue only after reading those opinions, that's the way I think rightnow.
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| sayami |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 07:04 PM
What´s next!!
To guarantee security for foreigners...
visor free, topless, underwéar free, smoke free,
just allowed natural bikeriding..
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 06-Feb-04 07:27 PM
sayami:
I am sure you are a very sick person. Why the hell are you posting pictures like this? In another thread too. You surely should know that it is not difficult to find out who you are because you are leaving your IP address in your track here.
To those who are posting obscenities here, you are free to put those pictures in your own website. Please respect the rights of others. Let some of this section be free of your dirty mind. You are free to indulge the dark side of yours in whatever way you like, but don't do so as it encroaches other's territory.
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| garibmaila |
Posted
on 10-Feb-04 02:11 AM
that was a funny pic!! hahaha
and u ppl who think the traffic in ktm is slow, i used to ride my bike at 50kph average with 70+ kph on ringroad!
and did u ppl see the pic in nepalnews or kantipuronline a few days ago, the police personal wearing a mask was asking the motorbike rider to take off his!!! watda faqqqq
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| senor |
Posted
on 10-Feb-04 04:29 AM
Biswo, Chill out bro. It ain't THAT bad. You can see that at the beach everyday. I personally think the pic is funny and goes with the context
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 10-Feb-04 08:23 AM
Senor,
I live in a beach town and have never seen any women wearign thong at the beach. There was no need to post this picture at all... pls keep your bad habits to yourself.
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| dada |
Posted
on 10-Feb-04 10:47 PM
Bhenda,
You should move to a better beach town. That one must suck.
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| askme |
Posted
on 10-Feb-04 11:32 PM
Sayami, which place is this!!!
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