Actor and MLA K.B. said that more people are using two-wheelers in Kerala and administrative reforms that disappoint them will lead to big accidents. Ganesh Kumar. In countries like Indonesia, more and more people are using scooters for transportation. They carry children wearing helmets. Ganesh Kumar said that imposing fines for violations is a good thing, but such restrictions that burden the common man will cause more problems.
AI camera is now the main controversial issue in Kerala. Driving while using mobile phone is 100% wrong. There is nothing wrong with a fine of Rs 2000 not Rs 3000. Changing the lane and driving is also wrong, because we have seen a scene where the car ran over a woman’s head by changing the lane on the highway. It should be fined. Driving without seat belt is also wrong because it is not the old ambassador car, the current cars are going at a good speed, if we step on a pedal our head will come out, it is not wrong to give a fine for not wearing a seat belt. But I am against one thing.
Some families with a husband and wife and two children may not have the money to buy a car. They will buy a scooter to move around. I am of the opinion that it is a misdemeanor to fine against carrying a child in front or between a husband and wife. I will say my opinion everywhere. We see trolls carrying babies in sacks and carrying them around. Laws should be for people. Let the kids wear their helmets. I travel to many countries. In the Gulf countries, children are not seen going on two-wheelers.
In Indonesia and elsewhere, people use scooters. They are all riding scooters with helmets, which baby died in the accident. People who don’t wear helmets have died, people have died from over speeding, circus people have died and all that is true. But it is not right to punish them when they sit in front of us and drive away with the baby on their chest, we all can’t afford to buy a car, the enforcers sometimes have money to buy a car, I remind you at this point that ordinary people don’t.
Most people ride scooters in Kerala. When I was a minister in 2001, 26000 private buses and about 4500 KSRTC buses were plying. By 2016, there were 36000 private buses in Kerala. We must understand the pitiful situation that today the number of private buses is less than 7000. That one industry collapsed in Kerala. Has KSRTC got this stake? While there are so many private buses, less than 3000 KSRTC buses are plying. We have to wonder where it went. I am of the opinion that when the public transport broke down, the common people all bought scooters and we should not squeeze them, let them live, we cannot carry children in sacks. We are saying to the rulers and to the legislators, myself included, that we should remove such measures from the minds of the people. “Impractical reforms and the lies we do for it will lead to bigger problems,” says Ganesh Kumar.
