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Writing this to Indian government authorities - @IndianGov @NHAI_Official @noidapolice @Uppolice @nitin_gadkari @Noidatraffic @uptrafficpolice.
I've no clue why is no one writing about this. This is going to be very raw tweet and people can comment their views below.
Rules are made or fine tuned when someone questions wrongdoing.
Locations: Sec 62 Roundabout, Electronic City, Diverging and Merging roads near these locations.
I travel from Ghaziabad to Noida Sec 62 daily. The road that takes 15 mins when traffic is very low, same road takes around 40 mins on weekdays.
Even if it takes 30 mins, it's bearable, but what's not bearable is people not doing lane driving, honking unnecessarily, changing lanes like it's their private roads, opening gates (when driving at 60) to spit out guthkas, using mobile phones and scrolling reels when driving on highways and in traffic.
Are traffic police folks untrained, corrupt or unseeing the situation on roads in UP, Noida, Gurgaon?
When VIPs come on roads, they get good treatment, traffic police folks close the roads, and you see good roads, zero traffic, 70-100 km/hr speeds.
When 99.99% of other normal lower-class, middle-class, upper-class folks are on the same roads, they're facing auto drivers who're stopping on the first lane, second lane. Bus drivers who stop their buses anywhere on roads even sometimes in the middle of roads to get 2 more passangers onboard.
I've seen incidents of 2 passangers getting into an auto (who stopped it in the 2nd lane), and 2 people on bike getting into an accident because of sudden stop by auto guy.
I've seen a bike guy floating in the air and falling from flyover to the service lane (3-5 metres in height) (no clue if he's alive or able to walk) in the air because of a bus doing sudden lane change.
Things which I'm seeing wrong are on UP, Noida, Gurgaon roads:
1. No lane driving (almost 50% of the people are not doing lane driving)
2. People don't follow the traffic lights
3. People don't stop before the zebra line (at traffic light)
4. People honking when all the cars are in continuous traffic
Who's giving them Driving License in India? Babus? Dalals? For 3000 Rs? For 1000 Rs? And, who's responsible for injuries, accidents and deaths on these roads? Dalas or the driver (who got the license because of that Dalal) who's not doing lane driving or driving on NE3 with a bike where bikes are not even allowed.
There are boards on the road with signs of "No Stopping", "No Parking". People are parking right there, traffic police is also there. But, no one is fining them.
Traffic police people should be trained to show no mercy based on the status of someone, just fine them 1000 Rs, 5000 Rs, or whatever the fine is. Put the wrongdoers behind bars. This once in a lifetime punishment will keep them regulated not just on roads but they'll start reading rules and regulations in restaurants, in flights, airports, etc. too.
Not sure if the DL givers (dalals), or the traffic police folks are on X (Twitter), but the social media accounts whom I've tagged above must be reading this. If you're please take some action.