Disregard for public safety
Our attention is drawn by two reports, one pictorial, showing a young man walking on the rail-lines with a phone held to his ear in the capital's Nakhalpara area, completely oblivious to the danger he is exposing himself to, and the other a report of three children run over by a train in Brahmanbaria, while they were shooting a video of another train with a mobile phone.
As tragic and unbelievable as that may be, the number of people who have died in similar fashion is actually quite high. According to a newspaper report, 230 dead bodies, for example, were recovered in only the first nine months of this year from a police station between Narayanganj and Bangabandhu Bridge. 106 of them had shockingly died talking over their phones while crossing the rail-line. That one should not walk along rail-lines, especially while talking on their phone, should be common sense, at least we believe so.
The same should apply when someone is driving their vehicle which, unfortunately, is another common problem. What is worse is that such practices often risk the lives of other people which show that there is clearly a gap in people's consciousness when it comes to abiding by certain behaviour that ensures public safety.
People should be made more aware not to speak on their phones while crossing rail-lines or in any other way that endangers public safety for that matter. It is the responsibility of us all to get our society accustomed to prioritising our own safety, as well as that of others. Law enforcers must also come down heavily on those flouting rules that endanger public safety.
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