Reckless driving and inadequate policing on the highways are responsible for the accidents. Contractor turned drivers, mostly illiterate and holding fake driving licence, make the highways a living hell. They indulge in competition on the highways by dangerously overtaking each other. In addition to that, they stop whenever they want to take passengers. The absence of well-equipped and adequate number of highway police and the inefficiency of the existing small number of highway police also contribute to the ever-rising number of casualties in road accidents.

In spite of a large number of people dying and being maimed in accidents, the government seems to take little notice of it. The laws concerning punishment to irresponsible drivers are also inadequate. Civil society organisations like "Nirapad Sarak Chai" should put more pressure on the government to come up with meaningful steps to reduce the number of accidents.