Chandigarh, March 1 -- What do a Tarn Taran youngster who has come to the city to study, a woman trying to make ends meet by working as a cook, and two madrassa teachers from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, have in common? All of them lost their lives on Chandigarh roads due to rash and negligent driving by others.

Kulbir Singh, 25, a Tarn Taran native who was a second-year BA student at Panjab University, had died on February 19 after a speeding motorcyclist, allegedly driving in a zig-zag manner, rammed into his scooter near the Jayanti Majri barrier (between PGI and Mullanpur). Instead of helping the victim, the biker called his friends and went to a hospital to get himself treated before he was eventually arrested.

In another case, two m...