Bangalore Roads and accidents

Dr.T.V.gopalakrishnan

One should visit Bangalore to have a feeling of road realities and dangers  To cover a distance of 10 Kms, it takes anything between none and two hours and that too after encountering all sorts of obstacles and hindrances.There are no proper road signals, there are both natural and unnatural humps every 100yards, sometimes even 10 humps within a distance of 300 yards in some roads, the stones used for dividing the roads are scattered affecting the traffic and resulting in accidents, cattle are allowed to be on the middle of busy roads  forcing to suddenly slow down the traffic and creating traffic jam, potholes and damaged roads are everywhere endangering the lives of two wheelers and damaging the vehicles of any kind, absence of proper footpaths forcing the pedestrians to occupy the roads at the cost of their lives, crisscrossing on the main roads by cyclists and two wheelers without bothering for their own lives and at the same time involving in accidents of other vehicles, absence of fear for traffic police and indulging in all sorts of traffic violations,etc. 90% of the traffic problems are man made as the authorities seldom care to enforce the rules and contracts to ensure roads are clean and free from any sort of hindrances. Some major repairs are carried out without any sign boars and any indication s to road users about impending dangers. Accidents and deaths are very common. The Standard of any Country and its Cities can be judged based on the Conditions of Road and from that angle India lags far far behind. The rating agencies should factor this also when they rate the country for its economic status and ease of doing business. The authorities do not show any sense of responsibility and accountability and people grudgingly suffer and curse day in and day out for their fate being in such a place without any alternatives to think of. Their helplessness and silent suffering are taken as if people are satisfied with the facilities made available.