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| ![]() And this is the time of the day, the city driving is extremely dangerous. Several fatal accidents have taken place during the early morning due to over speeding and driving/encountering someone coming on the wrong side. One has to look all around (literally 360 degree) in the junctions and proceed. |
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| ![]() Its also better if you never make eye contact with other motorists at all while driving. Agree 100% on this point. It can help incidences of road rage to some degree at least. When you look at other drivers in the eye they may take it as a challenge. So avoid it at any cost. |
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I always make it a point to look in the driver's eyes, especially while driving/riding in city limits at intersections. There's no other way to tell what a fool Tempo driver might attempt! Cheers, Rahul | |
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| ![]() Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to speak on road safety issues in his next Mann Ki Baat programme, scheduled to be aired on Sunday. The high number of deaths on Indian roads (over 1.41 lakh deaths in 2014 alone!) has made the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) sit up and notice, and they have asked for details on the road crashes and safety standards from the Road Transport ministry. This is for the first time that our country's highest political executive would be taking up this very-serious and all-important issue. Quote:
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| ![]() The Indian government is preparing to roll out it's ambitious Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Sadak Yojana, which will make highway driving safe. Teeing off with an initial funding of Rs 2,000 crores, this scheme will see the government taking help from IIT institutions across India to remove accident spots through better designs and improved road engineering. Special reflectors and railings will be set up on hilly roads and ghat sections and those with sharp curves will be redesigned to make them more flatter. Quote:
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| ![]() The Ministry for Road Transport and Highways is planning to develop an User Satisfaction Index system to rank the national highways in the country, in a bid to improve road infrastructure and to facilitate road travellers by giving them an idea of which highways are good & safe to travel, and which roads are to be avoided. The data collection for this Index system will be done on a continuous basis through a mobile application (to be launched in August 2016) and user feedback will be taken through other modes by 2016-end, according to two government officials in the know. Parameters for ranking the highways would include quality of the roads, availability of e-tolling, designs of the highway, greening around the roads, number of congestions faced, roadside conveniences including toilets and potable water facilities, and the time taken at toll plazas. The ranking will also cover the crucial safety aspect, so that the number of road accidents and deaths on unsafe highways could be curbed. India has more than 300 national highways, including stretches, with total length of one lakh kilometres. The government has set an ambitious target to double the highway length in the country by 2020. Quote:
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| ![]() Some stats shared by ACI: ![]() ![]() ![]() For the year 2015: Accidents per day = 1,374 Accidents per hour = 57 Road Accident fatalities in top 13 states = 83.6% State-wise breakup: Uttar Pradesh = 17,666 Tamil Nadu = 15,642 Maharashtra = 13,212 Karnataka = 10,856 Rajasthan = 10,510 Madhya Pradesh = 9,314 Andhra Pradesh = 8,297 Gujarat = 8,119 Telangana = 7,110 West Bengal = 6,234 Bihar = 5,421 Punjab = 4,893 Haryana = 4,879 Other states/UTs = 23,980 Quote:
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| ![]() Apart fron weak penalty and legal loopholes, it has to do with mentality. I drive in OMR road, Chennai daily for 50+ kms. A busy stretch and filled with cabs. I am not sure if extensive driving in traffic conditions make them that way. Most of the taxis/share autos/share vans drive recklessly. I sight at least 1 accident spot daily and now a days it is getting more fatal. Probably a separate license and test for yellow board. Also RTOs should tighten license test. Hmm. Who is listening. ![]() |
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| ![]() So, if we redefine what is a highway and ban two-wheelers from it, our highways suddenly become safer? Being a regular on Chennai-Bangalore highways, I think if we only let 4+ wheelers on road, the stats would be better is my belief. |
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| ![]() 30% of Delhi-Mumbai NH unsafe for cars. Quote:
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| ![]() Most highway motorists face the following issues: a)Wrong side driving/riding b)Trucks parked on the road shoulder c) Trucks stuck on the slow lane of the highway(the left most, and on the bridges most of the time) a), b) and c) make it quite risky to take the left most lane, especially on curves and at merging points. Overtaking via the left lane is extremely dangerous. d)Slow trucks in all 3 lanes making drivers of vehicles behind getting impatient and thus attempting risky manoeuvres. e) maniacs in cars - I spot them on the IRVM and let them pass ASAP. It finally boils down to keeping a cool head and navigating safely. I have learnt a lot of best driving practices from State Transport Corporation drivers(SETC in TN in particular), from drivers with SRM and KPN, again in TN, plus from good drivers in the US and UAE. |
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