Time for good behaviour

Bangalore is a happening city today. We are a progressing city and there is absolutely no doubt about that when you look at the kind of brands and events that take place here.

In fact, there is no day of the week when we don’t have a happening event to be at. But the flop side of the matter is the fact that the infrastructure has failed to keep pace.

Sure, we have the metro being constructed and good times are yet to come. But at what cost? Just take a look at all the business houses, stores that line the sides of the newly built flyovers.

Thanks to a lack of descent approach, you can write them off, for their business is as good as over.

There is a lack of practical knowledge of how to behave on the roads. We have enough and more traffic rules today and the cops are slogging to ensure they are followed too. But we just seem to find more ways to break rules. I believe the solution lies in education.

Traffic rules and public behaviour needs to be a part of the school curriculum. Children should be taught, right from the beginning, about when to cross, what the traffic signs mean, how to respect others on the road etc.

A lot of Bangaloreans work hard, earn well and get themselves a nice set of wheels but where does one drive them? It is scary to step out even. Today, when one travels abroad, the first thing that people enquire about our country is the lack of discipline on our roads — that is quite embarrassing. We should change that.