Dediare explains that the Traffic Droid persona dates back to an evening in 2009 when he was hit by a car that turned into his lane without indicating. "I remember being thrown up into the air and noticing that the street lights were spinning. That was because I was spinning. Then BOOM! I hit the ground. I broke two ribs, smashed my back, and hurt my hip. The car screeched away, but the police caught the driver later. He could have killed me or paralysed me, and he left the scene of the crime, but he was only offered a course in better driving as punishment. There was nothing substantial to get this guy to realise what he could have done."