Is speed governor the cure for road accidents?

[Aditya]

A speed governor will bring cars' speeds on certain stretches down for sure, but, it's not going to prevent accidents and loss of life. The authorities should pay more attention to the road-worthiness of vehicles, the condition of the roads and disciplined use of the roads by drivers and pedestrians if any success is to be achieved.
Vehicles with poor suspensions, bad brakes and malfunctioning lights are a common sight on our roads. Drivers stop, park and change lanes improperly and without giving any indication. Many vehicles are overloaded. Pedestrians cross wherever they want. Almost every road in Mumbai is in poor condition. Bikes and cars have to resort to agressive lance cutting in order to avoid potholes.
All these points need to be addressed before the speed governor bill is passed.

[amit]

So I can drive my 500bhp Ferrari at 100kmph and coast along and make friends with a 100kmph Maruti 800 at the same time? Sounds good!

Someone said the government should enforce rules like lane discipline. First, the government needs to ensure that the roads have lane demarcations shouldn't they?!

98% of trucks have no tail lights and 100% of them never change their tyres ever. On thursday, a truck was carrying iron rods that were protuding out at 10PM with no tail lights and warning lights/signs (In most cases its an excuse of a dirty brown rag. And the cops expect motorists to spot it?) This was just after the Octroi naka and he drove through a traffic police chowky with cops sitting outside and no one stopped him. If I banged my car into him because I could'nt spot him and the iron rods killed me, the cops would say it was due to overspeeding. The road on the Vashi bridge is under construction and there are absolutely no warning signs telling you of construction material lying on the road. If someone dies it will due to overspeeding and DUI. Everything is the fault of the car drivers.

From what I know, there is a fine of Rs.100, if you don't stop behind the stop line at a traffic light. Let the cops take just one intersection, paint the stop lines and zebra crossings and penalise errant drivers for just 3 hours. The amount they make will be enough for them to abolish tolls for a year!

Oh, and what about jaywalkers?

[abhinav.s]

Originally Posted by rajtheindian

I have seem couple of post talking goverment to take necessery action, I thinik that is stupidity, every individual has to contribute, alone goverment can't enforce the law.

Well said Raj!! Govt alone cannot do anything and individuals must co-operate. But if they make rules such as this then people will find it hard to play along and feel its senseless. Then the issue of the Govt not implementing other rules comes into picture. Instead of this, i feel if they first get their act together and get the other rules to be implemented strictly, we as individuals might not feel the pinch of this new rule (if it comes into existence that is!!!)

Originally Posted by amit

On thursday, a truck was carrying iron rods that were protuding out at 10PM with no tail lights and warning lights/signs (In most cases its an excuse of a dirty brown rag. And the cops expect motorists to spot it?) This was just after the Octroi naka and he drove through a traffic police chowky with cops sitting outside and no one stopped him. If I banged my car into him because I could'nt spot him and the iron rods killed me, the cops would say it was due to overspeeding. The road on the Vashi bridge is under construction and there are absolutely no warning signs telling you of construction material lying on the road. If someone dies it will due to overspeeding and DUI. Everything is the fault of the car drivers.

Oh, and what about jaywalkers?

Stole the thoughts from my mind Amit. Whatever happens its the fault of us car drivers. This is the attitude of police men and general public alike. Dont know when that will change and people will start looking at the actual issue at hand!