Tag: Deaths on Roads

No fear, anymore!

What fears have you overcome and how?

Traffic in India is chaotic. There’s plenty to negotiate on the road. Incidents regularly happen as motorists don’t usually follow traffic rules. 

Pedestrians crossing the road at will, cars changing lanes without a warning, motorcycles jumping lights at junctions and the police turning a blind eye to blatant violation of those laws contribute just one thing.

A fear of roads. A fear of facing traffic. 

That instils a kind of fear in the minds of people who follow rules and abide by the law. 

What’s the option? How to respond to such fear of facing roadside violations?

I switched to traveling on public transport, such as bus, train and taxis. 

I’m so happy now finding a comfortable seat in the rear side of a bus or a train, listen to some good music and fall asleep. The taxis are much better with a brilliant air-conditioning.

I see no evil. I hear no noise on the road. 

No fear, anymore.

 

Make Dashcam a Must. Keep Indian Roads Safe for Driving.

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

One death every three minutes. 462 a day. 1.68 lakh died in road accidents in India in the year 2022 alone. It’s a record high for the country.

And the numbers continue to rise. What are the reasons?

Some attribute it to human error. Some blame it on the bad quality of city roads. And a lot has got to do with the poor maintenance of vehicles.

Let me do something in my own life so that this human error doesn’t cost a life on Indian roads. Any longer. 

Make dashcam a mandatory requirement in vehicles plying on roads. 

Sit with the transport authorities in the country and emphasize the importance of employing a dashcam in vehicles. 

Those who get tickets on more than one occasion for traffic violations should appear in a hands-on training class with the specially appointed driving schools. They should be explained how to avoid situations that cause accidents on the basis of dashcam footage from their vehicles.

Let’s keep roads in India safe for driving. I shall kick-start a campaign in this regard. Today.