What is worse is that driving licences are easily issued to ineligible people
KARACHI: The ever-increasing road accidents in Karachi are a cause for concern. These accidents are taking place daily due to several reasons, some of which are overloaded buses, careless driving, speeding and poor road lightening at night. In fact, one of the major reasons of an increase in accidents is careless driving by drivers of heavy vehicles such as trucks, dumpers and trailers. These drivers not only care less about their own lives but also about the lives of others. Many a time, they end up ruthlessly crashing into smaller cars or motorbikes.
What is worse is that driving licences are easily issued to ineligible people. The authorities must devise a comprehensive plan to improve the traffic situation in Karachi. Helmet-wearing law should be strictly enforced. Traffic policemen should be made to perform their duty honestly and efficiently. The government should take action to solve this problem.
Summan Hakeem
Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2018.
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