Sachin Tendulkar, Brain Lara share important message on road safety

Former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara who both participated in the ongoing Road Safety World Series T20 tournament shared an important message regarding road safetyIn a video shared by 100MB Sachin raised awareness regarding the importance of wearing a helmet while driving a twowheeler He also urged that not only the driver but the pillion rider too should wear a helmetRoad safety is a cause very close to Tendulkars heart and the legend on Friday said that the reaction from the people has been nothing short of excellent and he wishes for people to show more patience while on the road and try and avoid taking rash calls whether while riding a bike or driving a carWe are here for a cause and people are taking notice of what we are looking to do The reaction has been very good the crowds have responded brilliantly I have always said this that when people react this way then its the best tonic for any athlete The appreciation transpires into making something special on the fieldIt has actually happened because a number of legends go out there and play some spectacular cricket People are enjoying and it gives all of us an opportunity to relive those moments Earlier when we played actively it just allowed us to do that Here I would want to thank the six teams for taking the time out to spread this message this is important he had pointedElaborating further on the need to be safe on the road Tendulkar had said Every four minutes we are losing lives in India While people are riding twowheelers 50 per cent of the accidents are happening in the age group of 1835 because of not wearing helmets You know number of lives are lost because we are not doing the basic things Pillions riders dont wear helmets The drivers and passengers choose not to wear seat belts when driving a carLife is precious one cannot because of carelessness put life in danger or someone elses life in danger Thats why I feel patience is required When we were small we would have piggybanks where we would collect our pocket money and save Similarly if we show little bit of patience every day and allow elderly people to cross roads honk less and do these little things that is a piggybank of blessings Every time you are helping visually impaired or elders to cross the road you are earning blessings and all you have to do is stop for five seconds These small things can really change our mindset it is really important that we decide to every day fill our piggybank with blessingsThe final of the Road Safety World T20 Series tournament is slated to take place on Sunday between India Legends and Sri Lanka LegendsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever