TRAFFIC JAM

TRAFFIC JAM

Traffic jam is a big problem in modern cities. All important streets in a big city get filled up with all types of vehicles during the busy hours.

Traffic jams occur due to lack of knowledge about the traffic rules of the drivers. The other major cause of traffic jams originates in the movement of rickshaws and carts on the main road. In the pictures about traffic jams printed in newspapers more rickshaws and carts are seen than motor vehicles. Over the years more vehicles have come out than there are roads for them move. Most of the roads in the older parts of major cities are narrow and the streets recently made prove to be not very wide either.
The WASA, T&T, PDB, and gas systems organizations can be seen engaged in digging the roads throughout the year. Their activities create traffic jams all the year round. The footpath vendors are really the indirect culprits for causing the traffic jam. They erect stalls just on the footpath pushing the pedestrians out into the road that in their turn block the free passing of traffic. Political meetings and rallies frequently create traffic jams. It is strange to note that all major political parties do not hesitate to hold public meetings just on the streets. They receive much silent curse from the journey-hampered people. Though, recently, the government is trying to impose a law banning political meetings in the streets.

The steps that have to be taken for controlling the traffic are to educate the drivers about the traffic rules, get the road wider, make by-passes and remove the footpath shopkeepers. The traffic police also have to be posted at more places for effective controlling of traffic.