Thursday, January 1, 2009

ON Traffic Signal

Ants follow a very discreet pattern to their life. They simply trace a straight path to gather food,deliver it to their stock 'godowns'. Even elephants, lions, hyenas, penguins have disciplined their life towards survival rules. These are animals who live under extreme neccesity-but never do they cheat. They obey the so called 'Law of the Jungle'. Then why do humans never follow traffic rules? Atleast in many developing countries. Does following traffic signals undermine certain economic prosperity? The answer is yes! Every animal in the jungle knows that disobedience of a certain law brings disparity. This could be in the form of isolation while hunting or predator attacks or even sudden death. Even among mafia organisations-broken rules can bring loss of business,enmity,greater policing and distrust. A traffic signal is also a poignant example of a human society. At any point a traffic signal signifies the pivot around which the society,it's economy and it's people revolve. The act of the people to stop at a red signal,wait for their chance to arrive or just disregard every rule and move on reflects the society. Every country has a traffic signals where people respect the laws irrespective of the police or certain punishment. As economies have evolved, so have their traffic signal points. There is a clear symbolic relationship between economic prosperity and traffic signals. The patience, respect of the most low profiled law, clearly brings out the characteristic of the people. Only such people who approach traffic signals as dutiful law abiders can propel a nation towards economic harmony.

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