On how he has helped accident victims:``Most accidents are caused due to bad road conditions and traffic violations. On the afternoon of August 15, as I was driving down the Pune-Solapur Road, I saw a bus in front of me lose control and collide with two scooters and a cycle coming from the opposite direction. Among those injured was a five-year-old girl, her body caught under the scooter. She did not seem to be breathing, so I immediately gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and rushed her to a nearby hospital,'' he says.

Two days later, as Shetye was returning home at around 9 p.m, he came across yet another man lying on the Bund Garden bridge after his scooter had been hit by a speeding truck. ``The man's face had sustained heavy injuries and he needed quick medication. Luckily, I sighted an ambulance from a hospital in the area and stopped it so that the victim could be transported to the hospital immediately,'' he says. Shetye played the good samaritan yet again on the night of August 26, when on his way home, he saw a crowd of people near Morwada Gardens.

A young girl was lying in a pool of blood, her moped thrown to the side after hitting a deep pothole. ``I hailed the first rickshaw coming my way and luckily, the occupant turned out to be someone I knew. There was the discharge receipt of a nearby hospital in her purse so I rushed her to the same hospital''.

On the apathy exhibited by people when it comes to helping accident victims:
``In all my three rescue endeavours, the crowd stood watching as the victim lay wounded on the road. Most people fear being involved in lengthy police procedures once a panchanaama is carried out and then a case registered. Even rickshawallas and hospital staff are reluctant to take on such cases. In such a situation, I have used my traffic warden identity card to counter any hesitation. "At times, the fear of lengthy police procedures is quite justified. When I returned home after helping one such victim, I got a call at 1 a.m. from the police station demanding to know what had happened to the vehicle of the injured person. Being called up at that hour would scare the wits out of any person,'' he says.

On what can motivate people to help an accident victim:
``I feel that recognition, in the form of awards and media publicity, would do a lot to help motivate people into aiding accident victims instead of being mere bystanders''.