Never-ending traffic woes

Traffic congestion on city roads is increasing day by day with no solution in sight. There must be some way out. Officials of the road traffic department and traffic experts should sit down together to find out ways and means to fight this menace on the road. Lives of daily commuters have become miserable with so much of valuable time being wasted on the road every day.

The traffic signal system in the city has apparently completely broken down though; it needs to be urgently repaired and restored. Traffic police should be adequately trained and stationed in all important road junctions and crossings, especially during rush hours. Traffic rules should be strictly implemented and stiff fines should be handed to errant drivers, especially bus drivers who drop and pick up passengers wherever they like according to their whim, in complete violation of traffic rules.   

Random checking of drivers' licenses, imposition of stiff fines to errant drivers, mandating use of overhead foot over-bridges, and use of the zebra crossing by pedestrians are some of the basic measures which can go a long way in improving the current situation.

Ehsanul Haque

Dhaka