Mood Swings Wreck Federal’s Traffic System

Islamabad: You have often observed photos with captions of vehicles parked in No Parking areas and vehicles standing lights on roads and highways while travelling at night time but you have never think about impacts of such attitude on public life.

Changing moods and increasing impatience, hurry, arrogance, and recklessness have negatively impact the capital’s traffic system.

The situation isn’t getting much better despite efforts to enlarge the key thorough fares and strengthen policing. Some of the habits we have acquired through time include honking when it is not allowed, parking at “No Parking” signs, cutting others off, disregarding lanes, disobeying traffic signals, and using a mobile phone while driving.

Serious accidents are frequently caused by over speeding, wrong overtaking and snaking through dense traffic.

Before the federal capital is hit by a complete traffic snarl, authorities need to respond to this problem quickly.

Few drivers respect others’ rights since the majority of drivers on the road adhere to their own rules and priorities. More often than not, it appears that for them, traffic laws have devolved into some archaic or outmoded dogma. The serene generation is phasing out and an anxious and hasty generation is replacing it, therefore it is urgently necessary to taught them about revered traditions and practises.

Our generation’s bikers and drivers of private vehicles, including cabs, have become the most irresponsible ever. They have an odd method of driving, going slowly, making sharp curves, slamming on the brakes anyplace to get a passenger, and obstructing other vehicles. Like many others, they frequently display haughtiness and a willingness to fight, advising people to “mind their own business” when caution is suggested to drive safely.

A driver, when asked, termed this tendency an outcome of a peculiar mental approach meant for personal satisfaction. “Mostly, people feel pride in violating rules. They know that they can manage, if stopped on violation,” was a comment by a saner commuter, Adnan Ahmed.

Women and elderly have their own mood to drive. They permanently keep driving dead slow in the fast lane. Even horns and flash light from behind make no difference for them. This situation compels the followers to overtake wrongly, said a businessman Muhammad Saleem.

More than anyone else, bikers have become disorderly in recent years. They have a strange attitude, weaving through traffic on a busy road and zigzagging haphazardly in all lanes even when the vehicles are travelling at a faster rate of speed, least bothering about their and others safety manifests their peculiar mindset.

“We need effective implementation of traffic laws. In many countries traffic moves smoothly even on roads narrower than ours,” said an expatriate Pakistani Muhammad Rauf. When in Dubai or London, we fully abide by their laws, but when here, we feel free to violate laws.

Seeing from all angles, it appears to be a matter of education, regulation, and implementation; our legislators and police have a significant role to play in taming erratic drivers.

However, the police have their own compulsions. Continuous responsibilities, an excessive traffic load, and inadequate deployment are some of their frequent, annoying issues.

But, police have their own compulsions. Continuous duties, overwhelming traffic load and this situation is eye opening and clearly calls for effective implementation of laws before the saner road users also go unruly.

Motorists must be imparted necessary education and those on duty must receive full support of top administration. Additionally, the authorities must prioritise traffic control measures including increased traffic managing force and stricter licence issuance procedures. APP