The recently opened Chubachu-Jungshina expressway in Thimphu has become cause of a concern for various reasons. Initially, this road had picked a hard turn especially for North-Thimphu residents, offices, and schools. Perhaps, what I thought from miles away was that it's an opportunity to showcase our engineering piece, however, traffic diversion has caused palpable congestion and other inconveniences. Then came little happiness upon seeing the shaping of roads but only to find unlimited obligation –one common concern is for the over-speeding!
The reasons for over-speeding could be due to smoothness and wide space. The other reasons could be the only pothole-free roads to showcase a driving test. Maybe for these reasons, this highway picked up news for over-speeding, accidents, hitting and wrong turns. Nevertheless, manual monitoring can not only become disaster for extended period of time but also taxing and expensive.
Why do we need to man this road involving traffic personnel with long range cameras to trap overspeeding, when we have advanced technology at hand, which is far more cheap and efficient than the current system. What I am not happy about is the manner in which the current monitoring system. How far can this action and monitoring go? What if a more sustainable system of check and balance is put in place rather than deploying check-points of traffic personnel for 24-hour? Is education too little to win the heart of Bhutanese drivers, or are we sort of good brains? I like the idea of monitoring the driving skills of our mindless drivers, however, I don't buy this manner of doing things at such an advanced time and age.
I am sure it is costing us more, the government coffer is sinking and these personnel on duty can be used to perform some other useful task such as in nation-building. I have an easy solution to offer for those drivers who wish to fly, or drive. Let them fly, or drive as they wish –let them, because nothing will cost more than their own speed. These measures will take a long to ignite Bhutanese deep-seated brains. It sounds more like a “Dog Tail Tale” and littering agenda and water-shortage issue to address. For a prosperous nation, small things like this should be guided by our human instinct and free education. This is too crazy for a nation -whose dream is bigger than a Dog Tail. Simply, it's Okay to lose some lives! We may lose a few precious lives, but no all. The action has to stop by the experience and not merely by some protocols. I personally feel this small act of individual responsibility of self-care and self-love can be a game changer for this matter. If one can't stand for a nation-building, stand to drive carefully and with the required speed-limit, rest will be taken care of of its own accord.
To keep everything on check-and-balance, what if a co-partner, friend, or stranger takes the same car to educate an aware driver flying a car and their lives are at stake. Incase of public transport, it is the fundamental right of each passenger to be driven at a reasonable speed and not at the killer speed. Otherwise, it is an act of violation and one can sue the other party for risking their lives.
Let us go by our instinct and love for self and not by mere force, it is too expensive in nature.
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