Jaywalkers deserve harsher penalties
Residents looking for shortcuts demolish roadside barriers
Gulf News reader Shias Seddiq said he was appalled to witness the lengths people go to, in order to find a shortcut.
The situation is getting “ridiculous” in Muroor Road, Abu Dhabi, according to the community reporter.
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He said: “Every time the municipality sets up fences like [the one in the photograph], they get demolished by some people. This particular broken barrier is very close to the pedestrian signal — yet, someone out there has taken the wrong way out. I know it gets hot in the summer, but is walking an additional 10 metres to a safe crossing just too much to ask?”
Seddiq suggested introducing harsher penalties as a way to discourage jaywalking and misuse of public property.
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The reader is an IT specialist, residing in Abu Dhabi
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