Every morning when the pages of the newspaper are turned, the main headlines are accidents, deaths, tragic deaths on the highway, some have lost their husbands, some have lost their fathers, some have lost their children. Roads and highways are now the name of a living monster. The death rate is increasing every day. Road anarchy is now "talk of the country".
Those of us who walk the streets regularly. Here we are highlighting the mismanagement of regular roads and highways.
Due to mismanagement of roads, people are now shouting and demanding safe road system. But it was limited to pen and paper. Externally, it does not seem that anyone is bothering about this. In that country, Komalmati students took to the streets demanding safe roads. Despite the promises made by the leaders of the highest positions in the state, nothing is done. How can that be possible in a civilized country?
Road accidents have become a national problem in our normal life. Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader himself said, "One accident after another on the highway is now the biggest concern." He said the chain of road transport has not been as good as the progress in infrastructure projects. For which accidents or traffic jams have manifested.
Today, walking or driving on the busiest streets of the city has become dangerous. The situation is such that the first thing that comes to mind when no one returns home at the right time is a road accident.
Roads have improved considerably since the establishment of Bangladesh as an independent state. But it is much less than necessary. At present there are about 11,000 km of paved roads in Bangladesh of which only 40% are completed and the number of motor vehicles is more than 4 lakh. One study found that compared to developed countries, which is about 30 times more.
All in all, no one is solely responsible for road accidents in our country. There are many reasons for this accident. I am highlighting some of the causes of road accidents here.
1. Competitive driving and overtaking are most responsible for accidents.
2. Defective vehicles on the road, driving in the opposite direction on the highway which has assumed deadly proportions.
3. Drivers' negligence, incompetence and unlicensed incompetent drivers.
4. Oil used in vehicles is adulterated.
5. Shortage and inadequacy of roads and occupation of illegal sections of roads.
6 . Lack of necessary dividers in the road.
7. Roads are dug from time to time without alternative road arrangements.
8. Corruption of a kind of employees involved in road transport. There are also a variety of minor causes for road accidents. Which always falls in the eyes of the public.
9. The majority of rickshaws and vans. Which is the main reason for the terrible traffic jam in the metropolis.
10. Lack of required number of traffic police and violation of traffic rules and uncontrolled traffic management.
11. Driving rickshaws and vans by incompetent rickshaw pullers who are ignorant about traffic laws and in some cases show their thumbs up.
12. The number of traffic police is small and irresponsible and illegal traffic in exchange for a small bribe.
13. Illegal hats and establishments on the road.
14. Traffic congestion has become difficult due to overloading of goods and passengers, road blockades due to political instability, road meetings, strikes, etc. This often leads to road accidents.
15. Shortage of overbridges, careless road crossings or non-compliance with road crossing rules.
The picture of road accidents in Bangladesh is really horrible and sad. Somewhere in the country, road accidents are snatching away the precious lives of the people. Numerous arranged families are breaking up. Ahazari of people who have lost relatives, the longing of fatherless children is really heartbreaking. According to the government, the number of such accidents is more than four hundred a year.
Somewhere with the bus, somewhere with the bus-truck, somewhere with the tempo-bus, somewhere with the microbus with the carvadvan. Again somewhere a rickshaw or an innocent pedestrian is crushed by a speeding bus or truck. Takes away invaluable human life. So here are some suggestions on how to look or get an appointment for antique items
1. Closing of car parking at unspecified places. If necessary, high rate of collection of fines.
2. Encourage drivers to drive carefully as well as prevent illegal rickshaw intrusion on the highway.
3. Rickshaw movement in metros should be restricted, if necessary it should be stopped completely. Otherwise modernization of traffic system is not possible at all.
4. The driver's skills and qualifications should be thoroughly checked and selected before issuing the license. It is also important to ensure that no one is allowed to drive without a license.
5. The financial compensation and punishment provisions mentioned in sections 143, 148 and 149 of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance need to be increased. . Section 304B of the CRPC has been amended to reduce the punishment for road accidents from 06 years to three years. The sentence needs to be extended to 10 years.
7. Accidents can be greatly reduced if the mechanical performance is ensured before the car is taken out on the road.
8. There are allegations that some dishonest officials and employees of the BRTA have created and sold fake licenses at low prices, creating obstacles to the issuance of licenses in the conventional manner and creating an artificial crisis of licenses. Which is difficult to remedy due to lack of documentary evidence. It is important to stop giving such fake certificates.
9. It is very important to make the metropolis ring-free and to stop the movement of ring on the highway.
10. To take necessary measures to stop extortion in road transport.
Road accident is common picture in all country... But it very dangerous for our daily life...