For more than once my scooter was lifted off by the no-parking team at B’lore. Once it happened in front of my house at Cambridge Layout and recently at Chickpet. Luckily on these two times, I happened to know that my vehicle was taken away by these supeer-agile bike lifters. These young fellas must have strong bicebs and and shoulder strenght to lift bikes with ease and speed.

Just imagine, the initial search and scare when you search for the bike or scooter at the place where you have parked. Without anyone tell you, the first thought will be that someone has stolen your bike.

Is there a better way to do this act – aka more humanely way. Why do we have to request, plead and finally negotiate with the cops to release our bikes? When it happened to me at Chickpet, I was lucky to arrive at the place to see my scooter on top of this vehicle. Then, all I could do was negotiate and pay Rs 500 to the cops to get it down. Also, the reason why I came to shop at Chickpet was to get things at a bargain. So, all that goes awry.