Hitting the road with unregistered vehicles in Bangladesh is widespread and the situation is getting worse as some government agencies have started doing the same, caring little about the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) rules.        “Traffic on our roads is already chaotic, and things are unlikely to improve when government agencies fail to abide by traffic rules. General people feel encouraged to defy rules when they find government agencies as traffic offenders,” Prof Md Shamsul Hoque of Buet’s Department of Civil Engineering, told UNB.    Different modes of vehicles, especially motorbikes, of various government organizations or its employees are seen plying the streets in the capital violating the BRTA rules without any obstruction.    Read: Introduce customer-friendly electric vehicle recharging policy: Nasrul The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) law 2018 states that if a vehicle plies the road without registration, it may be confiscated and fined. “However, the question arises how a vehicle used by a government agency or employee runs without registration,” he said.   Considering the safety of the general public, the BRTA law has been made more stringent, but some government agencies, especially several members of the law enforcement agencies, are caring little about it, Prof Hoque bemoaned.   As per law, the registration of every vehicle is a must and it is a universal practice. “I don’t know how BRTA allows vehicles to ply without registration. It’s not acceptable in any way,” he said.