The drivers on the roads with lanes printed/marked on them are supposed to use the left-hand lane of the roads for normal speed and only the high-speed vehicles can remain in the right-hand lane as per traffic rules.
Although a large number of countries, including the United States, have replaced the left-hand drive rule of traffic with right hand driving but we could never find sufficient will and desire to do so. This phenomenon may not be of any significance in the general mindset of Pakistani people but it is causing a large number of accidents on the roads and so the loss of life and material as well. In my daily routines while using any roads, I see that many bikers do not follow the lane fixed for them especially on lane demarcated roads of the city and drive in whatever lane they can find the empty space. Since the arrival of metro bus and its roads, many bikers would like to drive under cover of the metro road, in an effort to find shade in the hot summer season and so come at the extreme right of the roads. This causes a lot of inconveniences to the traffic which is trying to follow the rules.
Same is the case with the U-Turns on these roads. One needs to take a U-Turn in order to descend or ascend the road normally but the same becomes a huge issue because, on the one hand, the drivers have to take care of the drivers who are shifting their lanes not as per rules but as per their convenience but also the biker, cars, and donkey carts, and sometime vans that are entering the road wrongly and occupying the right lane of the road in opposite direction. There are mostly no traffic wardens to check this situation and force the drivers to take a U turn and enter the road on a proper point fixed for this purpose. And even if the traffic warden is on duty there, very few drivers would go for the right lane and the right entry.
One needs to take a U-Turn in order to descend or ascend the road normally but the same becomes a huge issue because, on the one hand, the drivers have to take care of the drivers who are shifting their lanes not as per rules but as per their convenience but also the biker, cars, donkey carts and sometimes vans that are entering the road wrongly and occupying the right lane of the road in opposite direction
Same is the case with the use of fast left lane and the slow right lane and the lanes for the vans and buses. No one takes care of this and everyone drives where they like and so cause a lot of inconvenience for the ones who genuinely need to go on a fast lane. It has been frequently seen that a car is going on the extreme right side very slow as the drive might be busy in talking or using his phone or simply doing a relaxed drive and is not letting the other drive over take him in case they are in a hurry. Why do such drivers not realize that if they need to go slow they may use the second lane instead of becoming a leader in front of all the vehicle following them?
The writer is a professor of English at Government Emerson College, Multan. He can be reached at zeadogar@hotmail.com and Tweets at @Profzee
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