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22 June, 2011

Safety of children - road etiquette

What are we teaching our children?

It is a regular everyday site for children to see their parents, teachers and others breaking the rules at the drop of hat. The good work done by town planners and the government to provide with wider multilane roads having footpath as well as lane for cyclists is undermined by we the citizens. The children see motorized two wheelers, auto rikshas in the lane allocated for the cyclists.

People park their vehicles at the extreme left of the road, when they have to go to the right. We block the Zebra crossing completely while waiting for the signal to go green. Are these by any stretch of imagination indicators of being cultured, educated worthy of being social? All this we do without bothering for the fact that the children learn by imitation. By our these careless acts endangering the lives of our children.

There are few a suggestion for the traffic police which I think would definitely help and I am sure they would be knowing these as it is:
i. Block the exit of cycle track near the cross road and impose a heavy fine.
ii. Raid the school buses coming the wrong way.
iii. Request people not to jump the line at the cross road.
iv. Request people to follow the correct lane.
v. Request volunteers to assist in this noble task of educating people.

LET US HAVE SAFE ROADS AND SAFE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.

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