The Menace Of One Wheeling

The issue of single-wheeling has been rife in major cities like Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and so on, but it has now spread to smaller towns and even rural areas.

Every major holiday, such as Independence Day, Eid, Chaand Raat, or New Year's, carries with it the heartbreaking news of numerous young people killed in single-wheeling accidents. The Police Department has taken countless steps to stop this deadly practice, but all of them have failed in the face of young boys' enthusiasm for one-wheeling.

In addition to lying flat on a bike, inverse driving, racing, and juggling, wheelie-doers also use other stunts. Most of these adrenaline addicts are in their teens or early 20s.They are unaware of how valuable their life is!
While doing these feats, many of them have witnessed friends die in bloody puddles, but the majority of them take no lessons from such catastrophes.

Even traffic police officers were unable to apprehend these hooligans for their disruptive behavior due to their exceptional control of their bikes, especially around holidays when thousands of them congregate on the main city streets.

These wheelies have ties to the Mechanic Mafia, through which they obtain illegal modifications for their bikes so they may be raced and used for one-wheeling. These brightly colored bikes, which typically lack silencers and have multicolored number plates, are easy to recognize when cruising through urban areas.

Numerous tragic tales of people dying while racing, one-wheeling, and performing other stunts exist. In addition to dying, several men have sustained long-term disabilities. I still get hurt thinking about the two riders who perished in various accidents many years ago as a result of these risky races and stunts. One was a big biker from Lahore who died at midnight while racing, and the other was Sabih from Lahore, who died while doing stunts on his 125cc bike.

That big biker's favorite saying was "Life begins at 240 kmph," and his friends from that fateful night claim that although he was likely traveling at the same pace, it is when his life ended. I sincerely apologize if thinking of these depressing tales causes someone pain.

My main goal is to protect our young people from such disasters. When it came to Sabih, his parents showed incredible bravery by letting a private channel finish filming a documentary on his life in order to spare the kids of other moms.

The documentary "Sabeeh Ruka Nahi" includes both his burial and real-life situations. Watching this documentary makes people cry. I hope that documentary is at least required viewing for all wheelie-doers.Traffic police officers use various strategies to stop these wheelies on special occasions. Many of these motorcycle riders are hauled in and their cars are impounded in large numbers, but these riders largely avoid them due to their daring riding abilities.

Some wheelies also engage in illegal activity to obtain funds to support their enthusiasm. A traffic warden in Rawalpindi was shot and hurt a few months ago while trying to stop wheelies.

Various initiatives have been initiated by the Traffic Police and Civil Society to raise awareness about the consequences of single-wheeling; however, they have not been successful in eliminating this threat. Our kids cannot be stopped from playing this death game if their parents are not firm with them.

Parents shouldn't be flexible in this situation because a one-wheeled bike likewise demonstrates no flexibility in life.