The Clutches Of Death


Speed or time, which one will kill us first? Let me elaborate: A bike traveling at an increasingly high speed on a mostly empty road has no harm. A bike traveling at an increasingly high speed on a road with two to five vehicles in front of it, nearly 50 to 90 meters away has a certain amount of risk. However, let's say that the clutch is stuck. The bike is stuck at this speed. The only way to slow down is to hit the brakes and risk a fatal accident or turn off the bike and let it slow itself down. 
The clutch is stuck. The very tool used to control your speed is now no longer in your control. You did not assume for this tool to fail you as you regularly got it checked. But alas, here we are. In your whole life, you never thought you would die like this. Not to some measly poor excuse such as a clutch being stuck! You had your entire trip planned! You just started to enjoy the thrill of the speed your bike had to offer! It cannot end like this, obviously. You try to kick the clutch into working. No result. You try to slow the speed of the bike with the brakes, however, vehicles are now surrounding you. You realize, the situation never stopped evolving. The bike is still moving, you are on the road. The traffic is starting to catch up. 

You can yell all you want, but no one can hear you at the speed you are in. You finally throw in the towel and decide to turn off the bike. You are now at the mercy of God, luck, or whatever you believe in. You cannot stay like this though. There is a turn coming soon. You are afraid. Angry. Miserably sad about what you know is the most probable conclusion. There is no stopping the wheels of your death. It came so suddenly? It was all working fine before. Was it tampered with? Was there something else stuck that made the clutch stuck? Are you not strong or smart enough to take control of this situation? What? WHat? WHAT IS IT? WHY ARE YOU STUCK RIDING YOURSELF ALL THE WAY TO THE CLUTCHES OF DEATH ITSELF ALL SO SUDDENLY?!!

Don't fool yourself. This is your fault. Maybe you cannot see the reason right now. But it is your problem to bear alone. None can help, even if they knew, even if they wanted. You are doomed. You trusted yourself and now... you are dead.

So what do you do? Do you turn the bike back on and let speed be your demise or wait it out and let the collision take its course?

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