My first day in Riyadh Road

This is the time where the "first"s make more of news. Say be it first baby, first job, first salary, first sportsman so on. Here comes my first experience of car driving in Saudi Road.

Infrastructure in Riyadh is in excellent condition. Unlike Indian roads, the roads of Saudi are having four lanes in one way. One can drive in super fast phase, exactly what the Express bus drivers do at Udupi -Mangalore highway. I do scare and also have reverence for the express bus driver’s ability to take at suicidal speed at roads where even a speed of forty kmph will be difficult.

I had a dream to own a car, it had come through at Riyadh and it was my first day on the road. Though I did have the driving license after a Herculean task at Riyadh, getting license itself was a big project for me; anyway, I was little bit scary to drive the car.

My two colleagues assured me to come along with me. Start up was good, though I did pulled wiper instead of signal, my first step to drive has begun.

My mind was going back to my education days, buying a bicycle was a big achievement for me after saving some money by cashew nuts collection. It had a greater sense of achievement at that point of time. I think I did felt more pride than buying bike which I did on my ‘first job’.

Zoooooooooom, wooh, a car passed very close to me. My God! I thought he just simply hit my vehicle. I have to be back on the road. Not to think else where. Slowly acceleration started and also my thoughts.

I was thinking of my college days, some students coming to college just for fun. Colorful dress, chelas following them. In their sense I was a Gandhi, I was never early at my desk. I was reaching my desk at the bell of class time.

Come on man now you are on Saudi Road not on Padavu College, my mind gave the command. Krrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I have to put the break as there seemed accident just in front of my car. I was on the fifth gear, vehicle suddenly stopped.

My colleagues are following me. The accidents, road mishaps in Saudi is not like India, with in 5 to 10 minutes everything will be cleared. Samething happened there. The accident vehicles are taken by police car to the side of the road. But I don’t knew why my car is not getting started. My throat got dry, fear getting increased up. Peen, peen!!!!!!! The cars behind me started buzzing up. I don’t know what to do. A Saudi guy simple hit my car, I did managed to take it to the side. Nothing happened to my car, but to me…….. I was totally tense.

Thanks to Niranjan, who was following me understood my situation, took the drivers seat and took to the side road and asked me to relax. Cool, be relax.

They helped me to take the car myself. Finally I managed to reach home in new car on self driving.