QUARRELS and accidents while attempting to jump long queues at different toll plazas on the Lahore-Faisalabad dual carriageway have become the norm rather than an exception.

The Sheikhupura-Kot Abdul Malik toll plaza has become notorious in this respect. Accidents and fender-benders are a daily occurrence because of queue-jumping. The commotion that takes place thereafter results in traffic jams and a waste of time.

The authorities should frame and implement commuter and discipline-friendly rules and regulations in this regard. The public at large should also be educated in this regard. The traffic police should be deployed at these points to regulate traffic.

Muhammad Saqib Zafar

Nankana Sahib

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2017