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Re: Ahmedabad cops gift 1L petrol to people obeying traffic rules Quote: Aditya Originally Posted by

These are great initiatives to get the people to follow traffic rules. However, why is it that such measures need to be taken to get people to obey rules? Is it not everyone's responsibility?



Source: These are great initiatives to get the people to follow traffic rules. However, why is it that such measures need to be taken to get people to obey rules? Is it not everyone's responsibility?Source: IBN

Having said that, we might like to look at the other side of the coin . In our country, the people display very little civic sense and road sense and citizens following rules are in absolute minority. But making the majority sensible to rules now is difficult , if not impossible and most of them try to argue that it is not just me who breaks the rules. Thus obeying traffic rules in such a kind of environment is more than just ' obeying ' and hence it looks to provide some meaning when the law abiders are provided some incentives so that others too may follow the suit to gain them and in the process , could really understand how safe and peaceful they might feel when the obey rules and hence some change might be possible.

And such offers are not unique since we see these types with IT dept. / local municipalities !!

And this would only be fruitful when it is implemented properly and for some substantial time allowing the citizens to know such a law exists !! I understand your pov and such offers tantamount to bribing for morality which is itself a paradox !Having said that, we might like to look at the other side of the coin . In our country, the people display very little civic sense and road sense and citizens following rules are in absolute minority. But making the majority sensible to rules now is difficult , if not impossible and most of them try to argue that it is not just me who breaks the rules. Thus obeying traffic rules in such a kind of environment is more than just ' obeying ' and hence it looks to provide some meaning when the law abiders are provided some incentives so that others too may follow the suit to gain them and in the process , could really understand how safe and peaceful they might feel when the obey rules and hence some change might be possible.And such offers are not unique since we see these types with IT dept. / local municipalities !!And this would only be fruitful when it is implemented properly and for some substantial time allowing the citizens to know such a law exists !!