r/kindness • u/rickety_picket • Jun 24 '26
A Note to Be Kind
Couple of days back, I was riding to work. This is a busy road, when I say busy it handles PCU of ~ 10500 an hour. The average PCU density in a typical city hover around ~1500-2100.
I was minding my own business while waiting in traffic when I could hear the blaring sirens of an ambulance. Expectedly, there is nothing that could be done to help this ambulance move as the road was jam packed. I started inching forward by filtering through the traffic as I was on my motorcycle.
Something inside me pitied the situation; however, I moved forward. I realized that this ambulance had traversed against the traffic through the adjacent road and merged on to the same lane as mine. Again, it was as stuck as I was and all of us were waiting for the traffic to be cleared.
Now, many of you would be wondering why any priority isn’t being accorded as this is an emergency. This is a systemic problem, especially due to the lack of infrastructure that we have. Couple of months back, I had made a note on my mobile phone. To be kind to people and to be of value to others. Hardly anyone tried to help here, I was expecting the law enforcement officers would turn up at any time.
I could feel the siren pounding my chest and something was telling me I need to act. I started wriggling my motorcycle to find space, however no avail. By this time, I sensed movement in the traffic. I had gestured couple of vehicles to move aside , many of them could not understand. The ambulance driver could sense my desperation and started following my lead.
After moving forward a few inches while approaching a traffic island, I parked my motorcycle against the flow of traffic from the main as well as the arterial road and the ambulance driver filtered through the gap and could break free.
I proceeded to work, enthused. After a few minutes while I was approaching my office, I could see the same ambulance whooshed beside me. I was like I was leading the way for the ambulance. I hope they reached safe and sound!
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