Letter to Editor : Who is the better citizen !!

Sir.

Following may please be considered for publication in middle space or city or letter to editor , as you may consider fit and appropriate.

During my morning walks I have noticed a very interesting phenomenon .On my route there are couple of road crossings with traffic lights.At that time , around 0530 to 0600 hours , traffic density is very low and there are times when there are no vehicles at all to stop for "Red" or go through the "Green".With such low density of traffic , logically, one would not like to ' waste ' 45 to 90 seconds by waiting at the "red".However rules dictate that not withstanding traffic density, vehicles have to stop at " red". We Nagpurians,irrespective of what we own , a luna costing few thousand rupees or top of the line luxury car like Skoda, BMW , Audi or Mercedes costing few lakhs,  are very logical people. Being logical we zip and zoom across no matter even if the light is bright red and rules say to stop.Then along comes couple of heavy duty trucks. They are huge with 16 to 18 wheels , registration numbers may be from Kerala , Himachal or from West Bengal which would indicate that they have been "on the road" for may be couple of days.The light turns red , there is no traffic/ vehicles any where in sight, but lo and behold, the trucks stop !! Light turns green and the trucks proceed on their way .A owner driven Skoda comes from the cross road . Avoiding the trucks the Skoda zooms through the red light and is on its way. I have noted that the long distance truckers , almost all of them, sincerely follow the traffic rules . Generally the truckers are considered illiterate , uncouth and ill mannered .On the other hand the owners of super luxury car would be thought of as highly mannered, educated and leading light of the society.And this what I see during my morning walks  I consider as an interesting phenomenon.Then I wonder who is a better citizen the trucker or the social leading light driving a Skoda. 

PM Velankar, Nagpur.