This morning as I was driving to my work, there was some kind of a craze among the drivers along the way. A large number of them shared a common behavior and that is being completely out of control.

I understand that some drivers might be in a rush if they are late for work, but what happened to better late than never?

In almost all countries, big trucks and lorries are not allowed to surf the streets at any time they wished, instead; they have certain hours to drive through the main streets of big cities, and when they are allowed, they are obliged to use the right lane only and there are some penalties if they start using the left lane.

Imagine if we had such rules in our beloved Amman, wouldn’t the accidents rate fall considerably? Aren’t these Lorries and trucks causing the majority of the accidents?

Those drivers give a bad name to driving; they go through the streets as if they are riding in a sports car and not in a vehicle that weighs a ton and could kill a lot of people if something went wrong.

Another observation is the mini buses. More often than not; these mini buses belong to companies and they hire kids as drivers. These kids’ ultimate dream was to be given a chance to drive and they literally act on it; they drive for the sake of driving and not because that’s what they were hired to do.

When is this going to stop? When will the authorities start paying attention to this everlasting problem? When will we start acting on preventing rather than correcting?

Driving has become a dangerous adventure; Amman is very crowded and whether we like it or not, it is the center of businesses and welcomes thousands of workers coming from other areas on daily basis. Needless to say that this alone causes traffic jams and many accidents, but when there are a lot of aiding factors in the negative direction, that’s when something needs to be addressed and quickly.

In the United States; when a driver violates the law; not only they take away his driving license, but he is also forced to perform a number of hours as community service in the government’s outlets, and only when his supervisor or parole officer releases him and signs his graduation papers that he is allowed behind the wheel again.

I really would love to suggest this as one of the things that can be done to increase awareness and instill the right concepts about the driving responsibility and accountability in the minds of people here, but I know that it will never work in this part of the world, because is they gained their driver’s license through connections in the first place, my guess is that they will be able to get away with anything.

This issue is getting really tragic and boring!

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