Every day, many people are
dying/injured in road accidents mainly in the fast growing cities like
Bangalore due to congested roads, bad road conditions, haphazard and erratic
traffic. A little care and caution by the road users can prevent such
accidents.
As per the Police Department
statistics - the casualties in the last three years at Bangalore city is -
The population of the growing metro
cities like Bangalore, is increasing day by day due to migration of people from
small towns and villages in search of jobs, better education etc. This apart
there will be steady flow of people to the cities for various needs, such as
shopping, business, attending courts, higher offices, for different functions
and better medical treatments.
This has resulted in heavy movement
of vehicles and people, causing severe traffic jams in cities like Bangalore.
The traffic problems will be severe especially during peak hours when one can
see traffic jams more than a kilomenter long at important traffic junctions.
As we do not have dependable public
transport in place, people are buying personal vehicles especially two and four
wheelers, as bank loans are easily available to the salaried employees. Thus,
every day thousands of new vehicles are added to the already existing huge
number of vehicles on the city roads.
The authorities as well as the
public are equally responsible for the traffic problems faced in fast growing
cities. Much of the problem can be mitigated if the road users follow some simple
steps.
• Travelling public must make use of
public transport as for as possible
• Plan shopping, social visits etc.,
of less importance during non peak hours of traffic.
• People living in community housing
such as apartments can resort to car pooling which will be cost effective.
• Employees working in big companies
/ offices can also follow car pooling, wherever they are not provided with
transportation facilities.
• Transport authorities must provide
dependable transport facilities and must train their staff to behave well with
the passengers, as in developed countries.
• Police authorities must take
stringent steps to discipline the Auto-rikshaws which apart from two wheelers,
have become a menace to the pedestrians and commuters, as they move on footpaths
and in between heavy vehicles at high speed.
• Authorities must ensure
construction and proper hygienic maintenance of foot over bridges / under
bridges at convenient places for safe passage of pedestrians.
• Pedestrians must avoid haphazard
crossing of roads and ensure crossing at 'zebra' crossings only.
• The drivers of heavy vehicles
especially road transport buses must be quite considerate of other road users
particularly about the two wheeler drivers and pedestrians.
• Lastly, every road user whether
drivers or pedestrians must get acquainted with the road rules and follows them
strictly.
Every road user must realize that
not only their lives but the lives of others are also precious. By following
these simple rules we can be safe while on the roads and mitigate the urban
traffic problems to a great extent.
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