Traffic Rules and regulations.

I had a chance to spend some six months in London. I just saw the roads and traffic regulations and kind of public transport system they got is really excellent. (Though the British used to complain about delay in metro train). It is an state of the art infrastructure they developed.

Well it is almost 5 years since i have been here in Chennai. Like most of the IT guys, coming from far remote area almost to the south end of India, The temple city Tiruchandur.(Which I always proud about). I am driving in Chennai roads in almost 4 years now. What all I could see is corrupted traffic police, impatient people with lots of traffic violations, dusty roads. I had traveled on buses and trains with full of crowds and school kids& elders are struggling to get in to the bus.

What i could do? Now my first focus will be on developing infrastructure. But how far you can do? Building more fly-overs? Though i like fly overs concept it wont be a permanent solution for the crises. more and more fly overs more and more traffic. Now what is the solution??

The solution is really to establish a mass transport systems like metro train. I feel it should be done 10 years before itself. For instance if you could able to connect T-Nagar RS to Pondi bazzar station, it is really an easy way of transport. We need connect each and every corner of the city via metro train. Not just beach to tambaram. It will directly reduce the use of buses and that will reduce the load of roads with buses. If we can provide better rail transport means we could reduce the use of cars and bikes that saves the environment also.

Now we reduce the load on roads, How we can restrict corrupted traffic police and signal violations. I noticed on the UK roads all the signals covered with cameras and inter connected with a control room. I recently studied an article it says an australian cum indian company find a solution to read bike license numbers. I would install a camera along with the number board reader. Now if any one find violated of the traffic rules automatically a point will be reduced from his licence. If he lost 5 points his licence will be canceled and can't take again.

That can be used to monitor the performance of the traffic police and their bonus will be integrated along with that. If these things are automated people can't take anything easy that they can corrupt police and escape.

:) ---- Ananth.P