30 September,2016 07:00 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
A group of young bikers throw caution to the winds and perform dangerous stunts without helmets on the Bandra to Govandi stretch at 12.30 am on Friday
A mid-day photographer caught a group of young bikers perform dangerous stunts, and without helmets on the Bandra to Govandi stretch at 12.30 am on Friday.
Despite numerous drives by the police and NGOs, daredevils continue to foolishly behave like circus performers.
In June 2016, a 20-year-old motorbike aficionado and son of a corporator lost his life in a bike accident near the Kalwa toll naka on Sunday night. According to sources, the youth was driving rashly when he lost control of the bike and slipped under the wheel of an oncoming lorry.
In the same month, a video went viral on social media showing a biker performing some dangerous stunts at the famous Marine Drive stretch in Mumbai. The biker was seen switching between stunts while driving his bike at a high speed on the road alongwith the ongoing traffic.
Apart from Marine Drive, another 'racing' track is Bandra Reclamation east bound stretch that starts after the sealink towards the Western Express Highway. So annoyed the residents of BKC and Kalanagar are fed up of the racing in their area that in March this year they had written to the local police and corporator to stop this menace.
Sadly, such bike races and stunts 'performed' at the night are still considered as a matter of pride among bikers who not only consider this thrilling but also has become a status symbol among peers.
