Road Safety
When I had a car I preferred to drive 400 or so miles from Islamabad to my village. This journey used to take around 10-12 hours. We travelled during the day for reasons of safety and better visibility on roads that were not in the best of conditions and had two way traffic. Now that I didn't have a car, there were two options: (1) take a bus from Rawalpindi to DG Khan and get a lift to the village which is 10 miles east of the town, (2) take a Daewoo coach from Rawalpindi to Multan, then another bus or a mini to DG Khan (60 miles) and finally a lift from DG Khan to the village. Daewoo buses are believed to be better because they have a ‘hostess’ onboard who offers you a drink of coke and snacks, and the driver and the armed guard wear uniforms. This service was started by a S. Korean multinational, the same that built Pakistan’s first motorway M2 (Lahore - Islamabad). With Daewoo's arrival, local bus companies were forced into competition. They improved their service to match