Hero or Zero?

Hero or zero?
Rides a bike that costs more than 50000 Rs. Has a mobile phone that costs at least 3000 Rs. Pays mobile phone bill and can receive and make calls. Wears clothes. Refuses to wear a helmet that can cost as little as Rs. 500. 

This bike rider with a white Tshirt first uses his mobile by holding it against his neck. He is too engrossed to notice me driving behind me and finally gives way after I honk at him. He then changes gears and uses his hands to hold the phone, overtaking a few people.

The problem is that most people who do this still make it home safely and without incident. Only a few have some close shaves. An occasional close shave results in an accident. A small percentage of these incidents result in serious accidents and deaths. 

Essentially everyone who rides like this simply tells himself “That wont happen to me”.

This is a video shot on a dashcam in a place in India. Most people do not wear helmets. When the government passed a law stating Helmets are mandatory a few years ago people complained to the Chief Minister that it was inconvenient and caused hairfall. The Chief Minister then stated that it is not compulsory.

Last month when the state government passed a rule making it compulsory, the first people who went on strike were Lawyers stating it interfered with peoples freedom!!

So how do you expect people to obey the law? Will people start wearing a helmet only if their best friend or spouse or parent or child dies in a road traffic accident?