<p class="title">While media reports have often projected Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as a politician who moves around on a scooter, Parrikar said he no longer does so, fearing an accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"People ask me whether I travel on a scooter. I tell them that I dont any more. My mind is filled with work related thoughts and if I ride my scooter while my mind is somewhere else, then I could meet with an accident," Parrikar told a gathering of BJP workers in Canacona on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Driving home a point of safety at the gathering, Parrikar said that he now avoids riding or travelling pillion on a scooter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that the state government would be adopting various measures to reduce road accidents in Goa and in the process bring down the fatalities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the past, media reports have often cited that Parrikar was still riding a scooter in Panaji as he went about purchasing things from the local markets.</p>
<p class="title">While media reports have often projected Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as a politician who moves around on a scooter, Parrikar said he no longer does so, fearing an accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"People ask me whether I travel on a scooter. I tell them that I dont any more. My mind is filled with work related thoughts and if I ride my scooter while my mind is somewhere else, then I could meet with an accident," Parrikar told a gathering of BJP workers in Canacona on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Driving home a point of safety at the gathering, Parrikar said that he now avoids riding or travelling pillion on a scooter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that the state government would be adopting various measures to reduce road accidents in Goa and in the process bring down the fatalities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the past, media reports have often cited that Parrikar was still riding a scooter in Panaji as he went about purchasing things from the local markets.</p>