We have several takeaways from the current situation and many lessons even as COVID-19 rages on. One among these should be serious contemplation over how city planners can look at dedicated emergency lanes for faster movement of vehicles, in ordinary times. This may seem Utopian in this megapolis, but we need to give it a thought and with some will, this may happen in some areas at least.

While that is a plan, ordinary people must remember the importance of allowing these vehicles access on roads to help save lives.

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We need to have that discipline and empathy when we, as drivers, hear an ambulance or fire engine desperate to go through traffic. If possible, give them space to go through.

Obdurate, unthinking drivers refuse to move for these vehicles. This attitude must change, and we should do so by looking at the situation today, all around us.

Frontline warriors are men and women in the medical field, but they can also be those who make way, be patient, are willing to come second, third or fourth in line and letting the more important vehicle pass. Be a lifesaver, not just today but every day.