Road safety gets least attention... a sad spectacle

1. Dateline
Delhi-4
May 7, 2014

2. This vehicle was
abandoned by drivers
after killing a villager in
the early hours of June
2013 who was walking
on NH6 – linking
Mumbai with Kolkota –
near Nagpur for
morning ablutions.
This vehicle killed him
on the spot, hit the
guard rails and the
concrete sidewalls
before coming apart.
For 2 days, owner has
no idea about his
vehicle. Why? No GPS
tracking. Until some
transporter friend
passing through this
route called up.
Tracking & tracing,
huh?

3. Talking about guardrails, let it be remembered that they are not just piece of steel or metal.
They need to be sturdy to withstand speed and pressure of hitting vehicles. Therefore, some
specifications are there in place. Despite that, they get meshed up. Below par quality
steel/metal used?
Read this story …. http://q13fox.com/2014/05/05/q13fox-investigates-whistleblower-claims-
potentially-deadly-guardrails-line-local-highways/#axzz30rDdHDC3

4. Dateline
Delhi-3
May 5, 2014

5. Once again, it is the turn of Supreme Court to turn the harsh spotlight on the issue of road
safety. Its direction to set up a three member committee to pursue the goal of improving road
safety and help the country get out the dubious distinction of topping the highest road accident
nation in the world is timely – because within the next fortnight there will be a new government
at the centre and therefore new goal-setting will set in motion. Road safety, given apex court’s
concern, will ignite interest again. Let’s hope so.

6. Road accidents and highway signs are interlinked. A recent ASDC dipstick survey revealed that
truck drivers’ awareness and knowledge of highway signages is poor. Leave alone their
ignorance! Look at this prominent signage on the road to Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra. Can
anything be read of this prominent highway signpost? Illegible? Not at all. Invisible, 100%
National highway or state highway, there is a total lack of seriousness among officials.

7. Dateline Delhi-2
May 3, 2014

8. 3 May, 2014
Gud day.
We, Indians, don’t care about our lives.
Adventurous? Nonsense. Foolhardy.
Look at these bunch of youngsters
travelling on the roof top of speeding
Haryana State Road Transport bus on the
Gurgaon -Sohna Road.
Nothing to hold/grip in case of any
emergency. How in the first place, the
conductor & driver of the state
government bus permitted this unsafe
travel is a moot question.
Road safety is something none is
bothered about in India. Shame.
Sad too.

9. Now, look at this. Heavy Commercial
Vehciles, loaded with mountain rocks for
use in laying roads in Haryana, move
around uncovered. Not one HCV or two.
Hundreds. Day in day out. Till the Patli-
Manesar-Paliwal link road is completed.
How soon? No idea.
What if these unhinged stones were to fall
off on the passing vehicles? Who cares.
Road Safety is just a slogan to be shouted
out and debated in panel discussions and
through massive advertising campaign once
a week/fortnight every January.
Beyond that. Nothing.
MOVE to next slide to watch
Dateline Delhi-1 …

10. Dateline
Delhi-1
May 2, 2014

11. 2 May, 2014
Hello,
Gud day.
Former Home Secretary G K Pillai, who at
some point of time in his career has
donned the hat of Transport Secretary in
Govt of India, writes In Indian Express
about lack of seriousness on road safety
by all stakeholders.
Read here :
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion
/columns/rules-for-the-road/
It’s true that we, Indians, do not take road
safety seriously.

12. Another story of interest in the same road
safety arena appears in Hindustan Times,
Delhi Edition.
Delhi Police has given a list of 3,000
commercial vehicle drivers to Delhi
Transport department for various
violations with a request that these
drivers be taken off road. This became
possible after introducing e-challan which
made tracking easier.
Take a look at the list:
-Drunken Driving – 92
-Without Permit - 698
-Driving Without Fitness – 869
-Driving Without Driving Licence – 2404
-Permit Violation – 2830
Will Transport Department concede the
Delhi Police request? Doubtful.
Why? Rampant corruption.