--- Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Road carnage -- GOVT. MUST ACT ! > > By Valmiki Faleiro > > A Government committed to the welfare of its > citizens will not sit pretty when > two citizens die and eight suffer injuries in 10+ > road accidents, every > (average) day. Goa does have a Government -- > legislature and executive, twin > arms that make and enforce the law. From the opening > piece on Road Deaths, > March 5, this column has seen some causes. In this > concluding part, let's look > at some areas where the State must step in. > Mario observes: > Valmiki, As one who has accepted the situation on the Indian roads as a fact of life, I nevertheless admire your passion for this important subject. Even ONE life a day due to road carnage is too much and has a ripple effect on an entire family. Your solutions read like a "how to" manual based on reason and common sense. > However, the one ingredient that is critical to a solution is the one that is out of your control. That is the careless civic attitude of the population at large and consequently of the government that they elect. Politicians, with competing demands on their attention and only interested in being re-elected, have no incentive to exhibit leadership on anything unless their constituents ask for it at the grass roots level. > I have no idea how one goes about changing the fundamental attitudes of an entire population, especially one like India's, where - as a group - one of the most intelligent populations in the world curiously have little or no civic sense whatsoever. > However, keep up the good fight. If each person whom you touch with your words and actions stops to consider what you have to say and thus becomes a little more aware, believe me, you are making a positive difference and actually saving lives. It may be impossible to quantify in the short run, but, each life your campaign saves by someone being a little more careful the next time they are out on the roads, makes all that you do worth it. >
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