Repaint zebra crossings

We all are familiar with zebra crossing. It is an area of road painted with broad white stripes, where vehicles must stop if pedestrians wish to cross. Most of the zebra crossings in Bangladesh are placed a few feet before the traffic signal posts. The idea is that once the traffic comes to a stop at a traffic signal, the pedestrians will use the zebra crossing to move to the other side of the road. But in most cities, especially in Dhaka, the drivers of vehicles do not want to stop and wait at the crossings. These vehicles intentionally speed up near the zebra crossings. And so, the pedestrians are often hit by these vehicles. Even rickshaws and CNG-run auto-rickshaws do not want to wait at such spots. If pedestrians complain, traffic policemen often point to the nearest foot over-bridges. However, scaling the stairs of the over-bridges is quite difficult for many people including the elders and those who are physically-challenged. For them, zebra crossing is the best alternative.
It is sad that in many places in Dhaka city and elsewhere there is no of zebra crossing. Most of them have faded away. As these zebra crossings are difficult to spot, drivers often do not stop their vehicles on those places and sometimes accidents take place. If we want to cross the road in an orderly manner and reduce accidents, we need to increase the use of zebra crossings. Therefore, the authorities concerned must ensure that the existing zebra crossings on our roads remain visible, especially in front of schools, colleges, madrasas, universities and hospitals. And for this, repainting existing zebra crossings and adding new ones with glow paint is the only option.

Muhammad Sultan Mahmud,
Student of Department of Psychology,
Dhaka College, Dhaka,
sultanmahmudofficial27@gmail.com