Strange encounters to a common man on the road

Recently I read that a person while walking on the road side was hit with a falling tree branch and was hospitalized. Few days back, when I went to an industrial unit, I was told that many years ago a boy playing in the ground died due to lightning strike. In the same area, when my self and a friend were going on evening walk, my friend had bird drops on his head twice within a span of ten minutes, and myself being just a feet or two away had narrow escape.  There were reports of fall of snake being carried by an eagle in the sky  on a person below and biting him to death. Personally, about an year ago, I had a near miss from a falling temporary structure, which fell about 10 feet in front of me while I was sitting in a vehicle. The structure was erected in front of a temple and it fell on another car below it but its passengers walked out without any injury.

Vehicles coming from a side lane or opposite and killing the riders on the main road is a regular news item. Uneven surfaces/pot holes/unmarked speed breakers on the road in the darkness unnerve the vehicle riders particularly two wheelers as they approach closer,  and may even lead to their fall. Splashing of water from the roads onto the persons by speeding vehicles on the road is another danger which can distract and can lead to accidents.
In some photos I saw deers and other animals hitting the cars while crossing the road and leading to major road accidents. There will be many such unknown dangers, but some of them can be learned before hand by making a research about the area to be visited and take measures to avoid such encounters.

Side stand for two wheelers - their hazards

It is reported yesterday that a person fell from his two wheeler on the road divider and died on the way to hospital. The person fell because he parked his two wheeler on side stand and while taking the vehicle, he forgot to lift the side stand back to its position. When he was driving the vehicle, he drove over a speed breaker which hit the side stand that was in downward position and caused imbalance leading to fall of the driver. This side stand for two-wheelers appears to be very dangerous. On few occasions, I myself forgot to lift the stand and only when it hit something on the road, I realized my mistake and put it back to its rest position. And I watched many vehicle drivers, driving the two wheelers with side stand in downward position and passersby tried to point out the hazard to drivers.
Though parking a two wheeler on side stand is common, easy and may be a style statement, vehicle manufacturers should review this because of the danger it creates. At least some audio alarm should be provided when the side stand is in downward position when the ignition is switched ON. Best is to remove the side stand so that it will be safe and will not add to hazard potential of two wheeler driving.