Atrocious treatment by bus conductors
Thursday, 12 March 2009
I have still not seen a let up of the practice on the road-the atrocious habit of public transport bus conductors shoving passengers on the road, when their vehicle is still running and had not come to a complete halt. The passengers, if they value their lives, will alight from the bus and hit the road running! One false step and the person will be extremely lucky not to have an accident.
A friend told me how he saw a passenger emerge from a running bus, fall, and next moment another bus went over the man's head, killing him instantly. This happened about six months or so ago near the Press Club.
So far I have not heard women being treated this way but think of the poor blokes who have to undergo this ordeal. However, the way the working women are treated, one would want to punch the conductors each time! The subtle and sometime not-so-subtle pawing and groping is a common feature as far as those girl passengers are concerned.
Also, the practice of stopping to let out passengers just about anywhere should be discouraged.
The buses at junctions, like for instance, at Farm Gate, behave as if it is war. Everyone has to be first, everyone has to have the best position to take in more passengers, and the cops just look on or shout a bit, which seems more of a routine behaviour than one that actually gets results.
And why do our buses and trucks use their beams at night without even bothering to understand that they are causing serious problems to people driving a private vehicle like a car or a taxi? First of all, the only public vehicles I have seen that have head-lights dimmed are some of the modern buses (Volvo, etc.) whose lights do not hit our eyes because they are situated at an ideal height.
Why do other drivers need a high beam inside the city?
Farhana Akhtar
Mohammadapur, Dhaka
A friend told me how he saw a passenger emerge from a running bus, fall, and next moment another bus went over the man's head, killing him instantly. This happened about six months or so ago near the Press Club.
So far I have not heard women being treated this way but think of the poor blokes who have to undergo this ordeal. However, the way the working women are treated, one would want to punch the conductors each time! The subtle and sometime not-so-subtle pawing and groping is a common feature as far as those girl passengers are concerned.
Also, the practice of stopping to let out passengers just about anywhere should be discouraged.
The buses at junctions, like for instance, at Farm Gate, behave as if it is war. Everyone has to be first, everyone has to have the best position to take in more passengers, and the cops just look on or shout a bit, which seems more of a routine behaviour than one that actually gets results.
And why do our buses and trucks use their beams at night without even bothering to understand that they are causing serious problems to people driving a private vehicle like a car or a taxi? First of all, the only public vehicles I have seen that have head-lights dimmed are some of the modern buses (Volvo, etc.) whose lights do not hit our eyes because they are situated at an ideal height.
Why do other drivers need a high beam inside the city?
Farhana Akhtar
Mohammadapur, Dhaka