Vectors of death on the streets
A picture on the back page of this newspaper says so much about the scant regard for public safety on our roads. The picture shows a vehicle carrying iron rods on a busy main road in the capital. There is nothing wrong with a truck carrying iron rods. But there was everything so dangerously wrong with this particular truck carrying iron rods because of the way the loads were being carried. The size of the load was twice the length of the vehicle carrying those, and they were protruding out so precariously as to be life threatening. And this is a very regular occurrence on our roads.
We wonder how such a dangerously laden vehicle came out on the streets in the first place. Aren't there laws barring carriage of loads that are larger than the body of the vehicle carrying those? It is surprising that such a high-risk vehicle missed the eyes of the police, and it was running on a stretch of a road which has more police per mile of road than any other roads in the city. We cannot believe that the police would be so little concerned about public safety and maintenance of road rules.
As it is, we have one of the highest road casualty rates in the world. We have to already contend with such dangers as unqualified drivers, unfit vehicles and these new carriers of death add to our worry. We would hope that the traffic police would act to stop this menace plying the roads.
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