My Fellow Countrymen

(For those who are familiar with Rashid Minhas road in Karachi,Pakistan and its surrounding area, for the rest am sorry I am not good in drawing maps)

Anyways that was about Wednesday now coming to today that is Friday, although its 2 AM so technically its Saturday.
We as a Nation have this remarkable talent of converting a minor road jam into a major catastrophe.Today we proved it yet again. The new section of rashid minhas road from COD(Drig road turn) till Millennium mall or askari 4 flats is a four lane road on either side of flow. Usually around 7-8 in evening it always faces a minor road block because of increased traffic and people rushing home. Today on our way home when we were halfway on that new section there was a road block and cars were moving at a very slow pace occasionally halting for few seconds, there was no complete stoppage and we felt that it would only take 10-15 minutes before we will be out of it. But of course not all of us are as patient, now what happened some smart asses(read idiots) decided to be more creative and went on the wrong side of the road and started advancing, soon they were followed by more which included few bus drivers who were most enthusiastic. The idiots instead of just occupying one single lane of opposite side took all four lanes and the effect of this as you all must have guessed by now a complete block of road, which in Computer Science terms we call it deadlock of resources(and its fatal). As more and more cars were adding up from both sides the possibility of an early rescue seemed distant. But ironically our side of the road opened up and we soon started moving at a smooth pace. I got so frustrated looking at those idiots who had taken the wrong side and blocked the flow, I mean I wish they knew what the hell(read f---) they were upto. When we crossed the roundabout I could see cars coming from NIPA, gulistan-e-jauher and other routes all directed to that roadblock and I knew it then that it will be a major issue because at that time flow of traffic is quite rapid. Exactly that happened, in no time road till Lasania restaurant was blocked(that’s a block of 1 km from origin) and when after 20 minutes I left for Tariq road with my mom the jam had come to our side of the road which is 1 km inside the main road. After trying a short cut we reached to Aladin park and there was huge rush of vehicles (that’s 6 km from the origin) soon NIPA bridge got jammed and I was wondering how the hell it will ever end. I never got to know that because by the time that is around 11 pm, when we were returning back it was all good Thanks God. My whole point in writing it is that we are so stupid(ok not all of us) and impatient persons that we cant wait for 10 minutes and when we try to be extra cool and end up waiting for hours and causing grief to hundreds of others. I felt so sorry for the ones who had taken that route and found themselves at deadend. There was no one to warn them, to divert them to different routes. There might be many who must have been in a hurry and God knows what became of them. I just feel so helpless (perhaps I could do something, perhaps I can only write and not do anything practical) and I seriously feel like whipping them all who took the wrong side and caused all this. You all should be spanked until you forget how to drive!!!! Last but not least it’s the job of Traffic Constables to make sure that the damage is minimized but it seems they are extremely efficient in not being at places where they are wanted most. Ok my hand hurts now

Adios