Dehradun, March 14 -- The horrific deaths of four pedestrians on Dehradun's Rajpur Road on Wednesday evening after being hit by a speeding Mercedes car shows how little we have advanced as a society in an increasingly affluent world. The incident followed a pattern that is well established now - people getting run over by posh cars, often driven by juveniles or intoxicated persons. While it is the responsibility of the police to enforce the rules of the road, they cannot do it alone - and certainly not with the present allocation of human and other resources.
The problem with the expensive, high-performance cars is that, despite all the fancy technology, they are difficult to handle. Just a slight touch on the accelerator has them speeding...