Bangalore traffic police got a wake up call?
July 21st, 2008I got the following SMS from ‘ACP-Traffic‘ a couple hours ago:
Due to water logging, traffic to international Airport is diverted at Mekhri circle. Traffic moving slowly - Bangalore Traffic Police.
Other people have confirmed receiving the same message. I never registered for any such service anywhere. I wonder if they finally got a wake up call about the bad traffic situation. I wish the traffic police continues to send such messages. Given the kind of roads and traffic situation we have in Bangalore, it could be a wonderful service from them. If executed properly, I am sure this will help a lot of people. But, before that can be done, some more considerations are necessary:
- There will be people who will not want to receive such messages.
- A lot of people will be interested in receiving messages which relate to the nearby areas of their present location rather than all places. (I was 30km away from the place and traveling in the another direction when I got the above SMS.)
- Such messages may also make the roads insecure as it may divert attention of some people when a message beeps while driving.
One possibility that immediately came to my mind was, to have digital LED displays at traffic lights which show the messages while the traffic light shows ‘Red’. Traffic police can also recover the cost of such displays by selling advertisements on them.
Leave a comment on what you think are other possible feasible solutions? A lot of people have already talked about various traffic problems in Bangalore at the recent Blogathon.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:14 am
Yeah.. Its a good thing…
I hope its not just one off case..
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:26 am
I too got the message. I wonder which department of traffic police dealt with arranging that. Anyways, it was good to get that info.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
least attention has been given to the state of footpaths. footpaths are missused by people for parking vehicles, shops and customers of roadside vendors, and for dumping construction materials and debris. added to this the digging of foot paths for cable and other service providers. police and civic authorities have turned nelson’s eye.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Dude.. no post for so long???
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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October 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 am
I am seaching for some idea to write in my blog… somehow come to your blog. best of luck. Eugene
October 24th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Definitely traffic in B’lore is really troublesome….likely to worsen more in a few years
tRAFFIC POLICE NEEDS TO GIVE ATTENTION and must consider the ways suggested ….
October 24th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Definitely traffic in B’lore is really troublesome….likely to worsen more in a few years
tRAFFIC POLICE NEEDS TO GIVE ATTENTION and must consider the ways suggested ….