PedeStrain

Few months back, I stopped on a red signal at crossing near Koti. At the junction a 'ticker sound' caught my attention. First I thought it to be sound for orange signal (hinting furious Hyderabadi drivers to throttle) but later realized sound is meant for Pedestrian-crossing!

Whoa, what a move by Hyderabad Traffic Authority, firstly to install pedestrian signals at all major junctions and moreover helping visually challenged pedestrians with audio signal to let them know about Pedestrian crossing interval. I felt this was the friendliest moves by Hyderabad Traffic Police after their ever so generous way of tackling traffic every year at Industrial Exhibition, Nampally.

Days passed by, ticker sound was to be heard at more and more places but had subtle difference!?

There were seldom any pedestrian waiting for that 'Walk-signal'.

Either most of the pedestrians were ignorant, not aware that such pedestrian-crossing installations at many places;

Or other elite few ignored them and gave cold looks to such signals as if they were never meant to be green!

Hyderabadis, why this Kolaveri?

When we know that our hard earned tax is being used in something good why not work with such authorities to make our city look better and more ordered?

Waiting for a mere minute won't do any harm in our travel then why crossing roads abruptly at any time, any place?

Ain't we educated enough to follow and obey traffic rules or we're so very careless about it?

Mostly it goes unnoticed that most of the chokes, mini-jams, traffic snarls happen are due to pedestrians abruptly crossing...

How good will it look if we start using zebra-crossing and do justice to pedestrian signals?

Let's think together and not make our taxes go in vain,

Instead let's make it work to reduce our pain;

By following all traffic norms and avoid being bane,

And should never be called again PedeSTRAIN!