Hapless pedestrians
I live in a model suburb in the northern part of Dhaka. I usually go out in my area for an evening walk or mild exercise. I find a few more people joining me from the neighbourhood and we enjoy our walk. On my way, the most nagging issue that I encounter is the headlight of the vehicles plying around. Every vehicle, irrespective of its size, and requirement never forgets to keep the dipper ON.
They care less about what happens to the people who either are on rickshaws or walking through? In the late seventies, when I came to this town, I learnt vehicles cannot put their headlight on in high-beam mode in the metropolis except in case of emergency. Also there was a regulation to paint the top half part of the headlight in black, nowadays it is 100% clear and the privileged section is taking full toll of some quarters' ignorance. And the frequent use of horns is equally bad.
Now, who will come up in favour of the hapless pedestrians? Government bodies, ethics or the sufferers themselves?
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