Ultimately, the aim of any step taken in driving rules and regulations is to improve road safety. News of avoidable fatal traffic accidents, had drivers been more cognisant of road safety, is regular. The setting can be anywhere; in city limits, highways, or on the outskirts of major cities. E-ticketing should help to catch more perpetrators and discourage them from transgressing laws, forcing them to give a second thought about passenger safety and human lives. The system can also help to organise repeat offenders and help the authorities determine whether a motorist should even be allowed to operate a vehicle. When it comes to treacherous traffic, Lahore and Karachi are often at loggerheads in terms of which has worse traffic. Virtually, however, delinquent drivers are in abundance across the country, regardless of their educational or socio-economic status. Henceforth, the e-ticketing system should be introduced next in Karachi, and then other cities. It would be even more efficient if e-ticketing systems could be linked for drivers who use the motorway or travel to another city.
Of course, the implementation of an e-ticketing system seems quite advanced for Pakistan, considering we are still developing road systems and still do not have easy access to remote areas. In fact, many road systems are under-developed and some do not even have line demarcations to determine rule-breaking in the first place. However, the initiative receives our approbation in the hopes that vehicle operators will now proceed more cautiously and take traffic safety seriously.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 11th, 2017.
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