The other day, I was going at Canal road to drop a friend at Ferozepur Road, Lahore who was going back to Multan. On the way, we saw a young boy indulge in one wheeling while his friend was sitting on the back seat of the motorbike. All of a sudden their motorbike slipped and both of them fell on the road. I applied the brakes and stopped the car while a car coming just behind us hit our car fiercely who was hit by another vehicle.
We were just evaluating the damage done to our vehicles when those two boys slipped from the scene who caused this havoc to us. The car coming behind us was badly damaged because their both front and hind wind screens were broken into pieces.
There are frequent accidents happening on the Canal Road of Lahore because people drive rash and over-speed and do not maintain a proper distance between two vehicles.
This is unfortunate that we as a nation have little traffic sense and people feel pride in violating traffic rules. Just look at any traffic jam; everyone is in a hurry but wastes hours in these jams instead of driving according to traffic rules. Such a traffic mess is a common place thing on any rainy day.
My suggestions is that there must be complete ban on one wheeling as it risks the lives of people and such miscreants be booked and fined heavily for public safety. Moreover, there should be speed cameras at Canal Road to maintain distance between vehicles.
FAROOQ BASHIR BUTT
Lahore
