In an age of road rage and ĄŽme firstĄ¯, having someone who puts others first is a rarity on Indian roads. ItĄ¯s even more rare when the person you are travelling with is dependent on just completing as many trips as possible to make ends meet.
Most of us rely on Ola and Uber to commute from office to work and back, but how many of us would confidently depend on the driver to help us in our time of need. Here are 11 cabbies who went beyond the call of duty.
A Pune cabbie assisted an injured couple who were lying on the road. The cabbie who could have ignore them like other onlookers took them to hospital instead. We need more people like him to make a better world.
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Driver Sunil K from Moodushedde became an instant hero on Facebook when reports of him refusing to take fare from a patient went viral. The incident came to light when a passenger, Kavya Rao wrote a heartfelt post on the cabbie who was trying to do the good in the memory of his mother, who passed couple of months ago.
We all remember how the Mumbai rains not only claimed several lives, but brought an entire city to a halt. Amidst that, Sikander Khan, an Ola cab drive helped a woman who was stranded for over 10 hours. SikanderĄ¯s help nearly came like a blessing and the passenger couldnĄ¯t have thanked him more.
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Mr Khan not just waded through high water but he also dropped her to the hotel. He also refused to take the money she offered.
Debendra Kapri, a 24-year-old 'kali-peeli' taxi driver, returned a bag containing valuables and cash worth Rs 8 lakh to the police after a passenger accidentally left it in his vehicle. After the dropped the passenger, he noticed that there was still a bag in the cab.
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We all know the kind of donations we need to make during winters ¨C sweaters, blankets, shawls. But the real question is not whether we know or not, the real question is do we do it or not? So when an Uber driver Vivek Kumar pulled out a jacket from the car, his passengers thought that he was feeling cold; however, Vivek gave it to a poor man on the road.
"I didn't do anything great. This is normal. Everyone should be doing this." he said.
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A cabbie in Kolkata donated blood to the relative of his passenger. Vivek, the passenger who was travelling in Apu ShawĄ¯s cab just mentioned that he was looking for a blood donor, as he made his rounds from one hospital to another. After discovering the situation of his passenger, Apu quickly came to their rescue and donated blood.
ItĄ¯s the simple and human gestures like these that make life wonderful.
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Shikha Chawla was among those who got stranded during the Mumbai rains. Around 3 PM, a cab driver came to her rescue and offered to drop her home. Unlike most people who were still stuck on the roads, on railway stations and miles away from their homes, Shikha reached home safe and sound. She returned favours by helping cabbieĄ¯s relative find a job through social media.
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On January 23, as violence erupted in the city over the pro-jallikattu protests, most people took a break from their jobs and stayed back home. However, 34-year-old Jayalakshmi Babu not only completed took intra city rides, she drove nearly 300 kilometres to help her passengers.? She even did one ride on credit and asked the passenger to send the money later.
The demonetisation chaos affected everyone. At a time when people were running short of money, Delhi-based Viplav Arora took a cab from his home to railway station, but fell short at the end of the journey. His driver then offered to wave off the remaining amount.
Coming from a village that has no toilets and having his family defecate in the open, this auto driver decided to open toilets for not just his family, but everyone in the village. He stumbled upon a business plan and will now open toilets for all the villagers and will charge a token amount.
Ą°I know that this is a small dream, but it means everything to meĄ because maybe, just maybe it would mean that my wife, children and I can finally all live under one roof again.Ąą He said.
A lot of people turn a blind eye when it comes to dealing with sexual abuse or harassment in public, but this cabbie was not one of them. When this cab driver sensed a problem, he used his presence of mind and saved a young woman from a potentially dangerous situation.?