The authorities don’t seem to pay heed to the rising accidents on the roads. On the national highway from O'Coquiero up to teacher's training college there are almost 10 zebra crossings for pedestrians and sadly there are no sign boards erected.
Pedestrians have to cross at the roads at their own risk. Recently, Siolim lost a young dynamic youth Ms Noella at the JMJ zebra crossing.
Riders and drivers don’t seem to know the relevance of Zebra Crossing. No wonder we have the highest road accidents due to driver negligence with poor road planning for the pedestrians or cyclist.
Authorities expect that all Indians buy and drive two or four wheelers if you want to be safe on Goan roads.
I suggest that -- the Tiger which is our National animal -- the authorities paint the road with fluorescent orange and black and rename the Crossing as Tiger Crossing.
At least all nationalist Indians will respect and allow the pedestrians to cross the road safely.
The Zebra is an African animal, let’s leave the colonial legacy and name it the Tiger Crossing in India for our pedestrians.
