Car the only culprit on road!
This is in reference to the letter written by Sikandar Ahmed on 21st Dec 2011 about "Gas Guzzling Cars". I believe his statements are very biased and baseless because he is also pointing fingers at people who work very hard to earn a living. Not everyone buys cars with "black money". It is the public transports owners who don't maintain their vehicles' fitness. They hire drivers with fake licenses who never obey traffic regulations. Mr. Sikandar did not talk about rickshaws that are driven on the wrong side of the road and never stop for other vehicles which have the right to be on that way. He did not talk about illegal road-side shops that occupy most of the footpaths so that pedestrians are compelled to walk on the road. He did not mention how pedestrians cross the road when there is an overbridge available.
Furthermore, raising the price of octane to Tk.200/- will also raise the prices of essentials and ultimately everyone will suffer. What our traffic police need to do is ensure that people don't drive on the wrong side of the road, buses do not stop anywhere to pick and drop passengers, and everyone in general obeys the traffic regulations.
One thing the government can do is ban the import of cars over 2000CC because some cars are getting just too big for our roads. People all over the world own cars, so why shouldn't we? All we need is an improvement in the system. I would also like to advise Mr. Sikandar to think before writing such biased attacking articles.
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