There is something in the way rules are implemented or enforced and its definitely not inclining anywhere near ‘consistency.’ Now, many prevailing factors are heavily legit in different cases but still, salient features do remain desirable in most areas where the ‘rules’ are in place but ‘not’ in place.
Respective person (s) can see it as a lucky break while getting away doing the obviously-unruly. However the same person or persons will get caught in the act and it’s definitely not their day… that day.
The point missing in action here, more importantly is that rules of all kinds and different nature should be consistently observed by authorities so that it is uniform and balanced; 'consistently,' as in practiced and appplied every day with the same laser-focused
gaze with the same sound and fury, same intense and watchful routine etc.
First off on the list are the sign boards flashing loud messages against dumping or car-washing in a said location. ‘Defaulters will be penalized,’ is usually and often the seemingly intimidating tagline at the end of the general public notice on the board.
Apparently it is not enough to wake the ire of the concerned authorities, but it is definitely hilarious enough as people simply out of basic disregard for such notifications or just to humor the contrasting picture continue to dump generously and wash their two wheelers and four wheelers at odds and ends of the city.
It’s in good assurance that few ‘participants’ may have been rounded up with much gusto by lawmen with all the sound and fury to be made examples for the rest who may follow. Nevertheless, since consistency is not driving through city limits frequently, the joyous experience continues for those unwilling to let-up and ‘the rule’ becomes a front-row spectator to its own demise.
Similarly, there is huge disruptions in the traffic movement especially in the heavily vehicle-populated zones when the authority decides to surprise everyone by rounding up a series of vehicles for ‘double parking,’ ‘parking in a No Parking,’ or talking without parking that is, while driving (on mobile phones).
Here too, the lucky gets a break when perhaps lazy bites the consistency.
If on a day a dozen driver gets their ‘license and registration’ confiscated in a location like the Sunday Market area for No Parking offence, a week later and from there-on, double the number of vehicles enjoy their time parking in a No Parking.
It wasn’t until recently that the ‘one way’ sign board was removed from near the Changangkha Lhakhang area. Not that drivers were altogether in humble submission of the sign that said ‘no downhill entry,’ but it was rather an interesting picture of the law and lawbreakers in cahoots to stage a ‘flouting the rules’ show as traffic personnel observed the free flow of vehicles in utter disregard of the sign that he ‘technically’ put up.
Meanwhile the ‘No Right Turn’ sign board below the labor ministry was so constantly ignored that it had become invisible for any and every vehicle driving up and seeking the convenience of not having to make the long winding turn about some hundred meters ahead. The sign board has been removed (not that it served a purpose while it stood).
Archery kills, but who’s listening. The national game, a much passionately-pursued sport among many gives rise to playgrounds at the most odd (read highly risky or dangerous) locations.
The only successfully removed archery grounds till date happens to be the one that is right below the base of the Sangagygang (popularly called BBS Tower), otherwise every other archery-favorable ends of a precarious location springs a archery play ground.
While the serious gets a layer of funny, it is temporarily a moment of fresh breathing comic relief, but it is not too far behind that the same circumstances puts a layer of annoying on the frustration that eventually disrupts the harmony.
Published as Business Bhutan Editorial on April 11, 2015
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