You can run but never jump the signal!

Today, I saw something very commendable of a private traffic policeman.

Scene:

Traffic signal near the Intel office on the outer ring road.

Act:

There was a lone traffic policeman, probably hired from a private agency, manning the traffic at the above mentioned signal. We were stopped at the signal to let the vehicles from the other direction to pass. But there was this "wise" biker, who thought he had better things to do than wait for a couple of minutes.

As soon as the traffic was stopped at our end, this biker guy sped up but unfortunately, he got stuck among the oncoming traffic. The alert policeman manning the traffic, noticed this and quickly ran over to him and snatched the bike keys from the ignition. He then casually returned to his traffic duty.

I was having a ball of a time watching this drama and laughing at the biker. The man looked visibly embarrassed. Soon, the signal was free for us to pass. As I passed by the offending biker, I had a big grin on my face which said "Loser!!!".

Maybe that biker thought a private traffic guy isn't powerful enough to do anything to him, maybe he jumps signals all the time, but whatever the reason, I hope he learned his lesson and I hope he was fined a hefty sum for jumping the signal.

Kudos to the dutiful traffic policeman!