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Originally Posted by khaadu75  Does one really need to answer this question ???? Come on rks , Im sure with your experience on the roads you should know the answer to this your self  |
Yes, I think the problem is the abrupt transition of multiple lanes into a single lane, causing a huge bottleneck. You cannot expect our road users to enter this transition in an orderly manner. Instead what I would suggest is for the police to provide multiple blocks in advance of the check point. Say, first compress a 4-lane traffic into a 3-lane one by blocking out one lane. Give some distance for the traffic to stabilize, then block one more lane. And after some more distance, insert the staggered block to get the desired single lane traffic. The surprise element would be lost, but anyway if there is a kilometres-long jam everybody would know well in advance that a police check-point is causing the jam.