I am 52 years old and have a unique experience of getting three driving licences both at home and abroad - all legally, never failed ever. As part of my Company's safety initiative all employees had to have an 8 hr defensive driving class, so that too has been taught. I totally agree with Jazib Ensar Sb. when he says that the driving test is a joke. When is it in real life that you needed to reverse in L shape in a traffic situation? Probably when pulling out of a parking spot at 3 km/h.
First license was obtained in Karachi when I got my first car in 1985. Second license was in Saudi Arabia in 1992. The third one was in Islamabad in 2013 after I had my briefcase containing my Karachi licence stolen at the Dubai airport. Of all of these, I think the driving test nearest to real life was the one I got from Karachi, followed by the one in Saudi and the one in Islamabad was a total joke.
Why do I say that? After the I passed the road signage test, I was asked to drive in the obstacle course inside the Clifton traffic police thana including an uphill drive off without rolling back. After that the warden sat with me in the car and asked me to drive around the Clifton, asking me to change lanes, make U turns, turn into side lanes, come out of a side lane onto a main road. His only comment was that on one of the turns I did not indicate my turn early enough. Now that a proper test!!
The one in Saudi mainly tested my skills in parallel parking in addition the usual signage test, road marking test and driving about an obstacle course in the police station.
The one in Islamabad was the silliest one of all. I opted for taking the signage test via the computer. One of the questions was what it the average age of the driver involved in accident? I have no idea what bearing knowing the answer to that question has on my ability to know and follow driving laws. As far as the actual driving test was concerned, I was asked to sit in the little Mehran, start it, take it out of its parking spot drive 30 yards, stop and reverse the car back into the same spot. WOW. From that little test they could determine my knowledge of checking my mirror before changing lanes, KEEPING IN LANE, Giving way to traffic on the right in a round about etc. etc. etc. INCREDIBLE
I think the only way to improve traffic in Pakistan is to make the driving test more inline with real life situations and then enforce the test properly. No side door entries. A tough driving test will only lead to somewhat improving the chaos on Pakistani roads today.
Jokes aside, I think the most orderly traffic in Pakistan is in Karachi.