User talk:Harpreet pappu

Meet Harpreet Dev, an Indian taxi driver from the town of Bhatinda, Punjab. He’s not unlike many taxi drivers… picking up fares and battling the unnerving Indian traffic. There is one major difference that has made him somewhat famous: he does all his driving BACKWARDS. It all started back in 2013 when Harpreet’s Fiat Padmini jammed in reverse late one night outside the city. He went ahead and drove the car back to town in reverse which sparked his idea to just start driving the car everywhere in reverse. He painted “Back Gear Champion” on the trusty little Fiat and re-engineered the gearbox to give him 4 reverse gears and 1 forward gear, basically the opposite of a standard transmission. This gearbox combined with lots and lots of practice allow him to drive backwards at highway speeds. (He also uses a siren to warn other drivers a car is coming at them backwards.) He’s so freakin’ good at driving backwards he was given a special drivers license that permits him to drive backwards in most of northern India. It’s not all fun and games for Harpreet, though. His desire to drive backwards has now wreaked havoc on his back and neck and left him with permanent health problems. He says it’s all worth it, though, to “achieve something special.” And just what is that “something special” he’s hoping to achieve? Harpreet would like to reverse his way into the Guinness Book of World Records, and thought he had a shot when he drove from Rajasthan, India to Lahore, Pakistan to promote peace between the often-tense neighbours. Sadly, Harpreet didn’t have non-stop video of his trip so he was unable to officially break the current record held by UK’s John Smith.