Citizens call for awareness campaign for young bikers

Say young and underage motorbikers have become a nuisance for other motorists especially during rush-hour

ISLAMABAD: The citizens of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Friday demanded the concerned authorities to initiate an awareness campaign to prevent young motorcyclists from violating traffic rules on busy roads.

They said young and underage motorbikers have become a nuisance for other motorists especially during rush-hour on busy roads as their traffic violations may lead to serious accidents.

They said many bikers users use wrong lanes of major roads, which are not designated for them. They use fast-lanes, which are only allowed for motorcars for overtaking or used for a short time.

"Due to wrong riding of young motorbikers, many citizens face untoward situation while using roads. They abruptly come into the wrong lane and sometimes hit the bumpers of motorcars," Zahoor Ahmad, a motorist said.

"I have had to replace my car bumper besides receiving scratches on the car body several times due to the reckless riding of these young bikers in fast-lane of main roads of twin cities like Expressway and Kashmir Highway. "

Aftab Qureshi, another motorist said, "This is very unfortunate and life-threatening, which needs proper attention of the traffic wardens who are deployed on major roads to stop this routine practice of the motorbikers."

Adnan Malik, a resident of Media Town said, "Almost daily in the evening some young-bikers in a group start using busy road without helmets and they remain in fast-lane creating disturbance for other four-wheel-drives.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21^st, 2018.