Here’s yet another example of how people are often willing to sacrifice safety to save a few rupees — motorists and locals from nearby villages broke down a wall near the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to open up a dirt road and save on toll. For the past two months, motorists have been using this dirt road to bypass the Talegaon toll plaza and save Rs 80-100.

However, as a report in this paper highlighted yesterday, the point at which the dirt road joins the expressway has become a danger hotspot. The traffic police are thankful no major accidents have occurred yet, but they fear that speeding vehicles could collide with motorists entering the highway from the dirt road. So far, vehicles from both sides have brushed against each other, but this a disaster waiting to happen.