Preventable road accidents have become far too common in Sindh, and the heaviest toll is being paid by ordinary citizens. Reckless drivers, unfit heavy-duty vehicles, substandard rickshaws and unchecked violations have turned the province's roads into death traps. The Sindh cabinet's approval of a comprehensive road safety reform package, then, is a welcome — if long overdue — move.

The reforms are extensive and appear serious: a crackdown on fake number plates and tinted windows, a ban on unfit rickshaws........

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