Rules for Safety on Roads

The tn government has once again said that it is going to do some thing about traffic problems, accidents, etc. And once again has announced that it will tame our auto drivers! Some weeks back it was also announced that a website is going to be launched by chennai traffic police. If my memory is right they had launched twice already, once in 1998 and once recently in 2004. Both have expired and I hope the new website doesn't get the same treatment.

But in my opinion drastic measures are needed to control our erring motorist than announcements. They are

1. All stop lines at the signals should have spikes springing up on red light and retract on green light. A war like measure as our roads resemble war zones.

2. All one way streets should have spikes bent towards the wrong side and depressible so that vehicles from right side can easily go over.

3. Cars with single occupants should be fined heavily to encourage car pooling.

4. Empty autos should not be allowed to cruise around looking for gullible victims aka passengers.

5. Erring motorists should not be fined. Their families should be made to come to the station and give a written declaration that it will not happen again.

6. Rash drivers should be directed to do service atleast for one day in the trauma department of any hospital.

7. People who get into accident because of their own fault should not get any compensation.

8. The contractors who lay the road should get their payment only if a citizens' committee approves of their work.

9. Cable, EB, Sewerage digging work should commence and finish overnight.

10. The garbage cleaning should commence and finish overnight.

11. All the places other than those marked for parking should be made No Parking areas even if it is in front of our own houses/flats. Those who don't have the power to increase the width of the road don't have the right to decrease it.

Hi can you think of anything I must have missed:-)