A lot of talk - little to show for

Over the past few months I have read a number of announcements by the traffic police on how they are going to improve things, I really have not seen much progress A drive in most parts of Bangalore after 10:00 will tell you how bad the state of things is. When I take an auto to the City station, most people don't just care about the traffic lights - even the ones at busy junctions like Town Hall, Hudson church, KG Road. It is one big free-for-all. Contrast this with neighbouring Madras where the majority follows lights (I was shocked when people actually stopped for a pedestrian crossing signal(not at a junction) on Mount Road). Coming to the talk and no action - First they claimed that Blackberrys would solve the problem. I have not heard much about that. The latest excuse was that out of town vehicles were not covered. How many of those are there? Less than 1%. So what stops them from using it on the habitual local offenders? Then BTRAC with 1000 traffic lights, signage, variable message signs. What happened to this? There still is no signage on the famous"scissor" flyover indicating the need to cross over. There is still no traffic light on the busy KH Road/Siddaiah Road junction. Then I read that some new medians would be put up. What happened there? Then variable timers for lights which would depend on the volume of traffic. What happened? In all this enforcement is not mentioned. Technology is only as good as the underlying processes. I don;t know if traffic lights along even one corridor has been synchronizes. I just wrote this morning on my experience on JC Road. Stopped at Minerva, then Siddaiah Road, then Shivaji talkies, then Town Hall and then Unity building. Contrast this with Mount Road in Madras. I don't blame the rank and file policemen. Theirs is an unenviable job. Imagine standing at lights and directing traffic through the heat and rain and dust and smoke and noise. The leadership is to blame. They don't seem to care. I hear New Delhi is a much improved city after the police has cracked the whip. When will they do it here? How many people need to die each day before they act? Srivathsa