Hefty Traffic Fines proposed
The Maharashtra government has proposed to increase traffic fines manifold to deter vehicle owners from breaking traffic rules- this actually is long overdue and should have been implemented quite a few years ago. The trouble with rules is they are enforced by human beings who are not only under paid but also many a times not paid in time. I am sure the collection of the government through traffic fines will definitely go up in arithmetic progression, I am confident that the private collection of the traffic police will grow in geometric progression. I am sure all of you have at some point or the other experienced a traffic policeman who has come out of hiding to catch you for supposedly going through a red light – what happened after that is something each one of you needs to ask him/herself! See what I mean?! Instead of creating more room for corruption if the government creates an infrastructure which encourages the public to use public transport instead of their own vehicles for co...