WHEN traffic police in Islamabad and Lahore can check and penalise motorcyclists for not wearing helmets, and car drivers for not fastening seatbelts, and driving on the wrong side, why can’t Karachi traffic police implement these rules?

We need to know whether police personnel are exempted from wearing helmets while riding motorcycles. What will it take to ensure that citizens follow the rules? It is for their personal safety as well as having sanity on the roads.

Maybe Inspector General Police Sindh Kaleem Imam could provide the answers. Just a few optics on the roads by police to enforce the rules and issuing fines will not resolve the issue. Rules are rules and must be followed by police and citizens.

Karim Ashraf Jangda
Karachi

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2019