Letter to the Editor [Deccan Herald]: Pondering down the lane

Recently I wrote a letter to the editor of Deccan Herald news paper stated as below. But I did not get any response back from Deccan Herald. 

Pondering down the lane

While driving in the city, a few questions constantly haunt me.

1.   We pay fines for not wearing our helmet, for not wearing the seat belt, over speeding, not carrying our license documents and many more such reasons. Basically, for breaking rules. We see the traffic police busy collecting fines from commuters every day. This has become a usual routine - police catch people and people pay fine. By doing this, are people really refraining from breaking rules? Is there a monitoring system which is tracking this data? Is imposing fine a real solution?

2.     Traffic rules are meant for the safety of the commuters but what is the use of traffic rules if the roads are themselves not safe at all. There are roads that are heavily damaged and they remain in the same condition for months/years. Whom should the public impose fine upon?

3.     Driving in the city has become really frustrating. Few people are seen fighting in the middle of the road. The reason being that their vehicle was scratched by another. Few people start abusing others for changing the lane suddenly. Few people start abusing if someone is not able to start his/her vehicle when the traffic signal light has turned green and in many more such instances. Many mistakes are made unknowingly or due to fear or because of the lack of driving practice. I feel there is a need in updating the procedure of issuing the driving license and making it tough enough to enable better driving skills.

Regards,

Shilpa Chandrappa

Bangalore.

From past two days this issue is taken seriously by the regional media and getting  light on it. And today I see the roads getting repaired after the  discussion of this issue in news channels. Feeling really happy because I wrote a letter regarding the same.