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The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary describes the meaning of traffic as: "the
amount of vehicles moving along roads, or the amount of aircraft, trains or ships moving along a
route." When too much traffic causes difficulty and crisis, it is called a traffic problem.
Traffic problems in Bangladesh mainly arises in the highways. Traffic jam is a type of
traffic problem of Bangladesh which is mainly seen in the cities, especially in the capital city,
Dhaka. It is a daily problem. There are many causes of traffic problems. Some of them are:
1. Breaking of traffic rules and regulations
2. Irregular traffic management
3. Broken roads
4. Shops / garbage / construction materials beside the highways
5. Use of more private transport, such as motorcycles and cars
6. Lesser use and service of public transport, like buses, compared to the private transport
7. Movement of trucks in the daytime
8. No parking place
9. Regular intervals of buses in any place
10. Unused traffic signals
11. Not expert driving
12. Road accidents, etc.
Also, problems in bridges and ferry ghats cause traffic problems. As the population is
increasing, traffic problems are increasing uncontrollably. There are less roads and
communication facilities.
There are many effects of traffic problems. Some of them are:
1. Late arrivals in destinations
2. Fire brigades and ambulances trapped in the traffic jams cause a result of late arrival of
fire brigades where fire has broken out and patients may die in the ambulances
3. Waste of many valuable and precious time while trapped in traffic jams
4. The exhaust from vehicles causes air pollution, lung cancer, etc.
The total picture of traffic problems in comparison to our rapid growth of population is
not in a better position. It has not fairly developed because of economic and geographical
condition of the country. We can overcome traffic problems. Some of the things we can do to
overcome traffic problems are:
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