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Originally Posted by nickatnite  The gist of the following lines is that what i'm trying to convey is lost among the terribly one-sided arguments blindly in favor of one party to this incident. We don't know what was said and done after the incident to trigger the violence, or the decison to get the checks signed. Did 'sunson' press any 'panic' button by saying something even inadvertently?.Who knows?.I have hit an autorickshaw while learning to drive here again and i didn't face this kind of reaction. Ofcourse, i'm smart. I didn't try to grandstand my way out of anything. I was contrite, knowing it was my fault, was respectful and the small crowd that (as always) gathered actually turned quite sympathetic, including the auto driver, who initially started cursing but quickly calmed down on seeing that i wasn't being aggressive.I paid for the damage and moved on. The matter was closed. It was my fault.While i was walking down the street, a motorbike driver brushed against my leg. I fell down and got some bruises. Guys around the place, quickly came to my assistance, got around the motorbike guy , who had stopped. The motorbike guy was apologetic and offered to take me to the hospital and all was well. I was put in an auto and i directed them to my family doctor's clinic. The guy paid for everything and even called me regularly for a few weeks to check if i was ok. I even persuaded my dad not to pursue this matter further because the guy was willing to accept his fault and take responsibility for it. A little courtesy and willingness to accept if one is at fault will go a long way in avoiding unfortunate incidents. |
You seem to be trying to hard to look at the other side of the coin, not to mention the fact that you are also seem to be a self-confessed expert on mob behaviour, based on a couple of incidents you had earlier in life. Pray tell me sir, have you done your doctorate on "Mob mentalities across the world", with a special paper on Bangalore?
I suggest you refrain your stereotypical remarks about mobs,because, living in the US, you would be one of the least qualified persons to comment about mobs in Bangalore - your earlier enlightening experiences notwithstanding.
The issue here is that a person, after booking(now he was 'more' than a prospective customer), took a car for a test drive. Dealer is supposed to have adequate insurance cover, to take care of any mishaps. Sunson might have driven aggressively(who doesn't, in a test drive?), may have even made a mistake, but there is NO WAY that the dealer can come to the hospital and hurt him further, physically - eventhough his property(the test drive car) is damaged. Nor can he coerce SunSon into signing stupid documents. The best he could have done is to file charges against Sunson. Mr NickatNite, are you able to digest this simple fact? Now, to put it in a sentence(courtesy: Prof. Ulfat Sultan) - THE DEALER CANNOT TAKE THE DRIVER TO TASK(at least physically) FOR AN ACCIDENT DURING A TEST DRIVE.
Whew ! I hope this brings some sense into our gentleman from US(for all I know, BIMAL owner may be related to this guy, judging from his posts on this thread).