Re: 11% of accident-related deaths worldwide happen on Indian roads! Mod Note: Please use Quote and strictly avoid inline replies with bold text et all. Thanks.
Wonderful points DD. Some thoughts that come to mind below: Quote:
Originally Posted by dailydriver What could be done to prevent the death of pedestrians and two wheeler / bicycle riders due to accidents? |
For starters get them to understand basic laws of physics and educate them that the human body is not designed to / DOES not withstand impact with vehicles. Stop talking on mobile phones as that seems to be the primary reason for a number of deaths. Quote:
How to ensure that trauma care is made available to victims within the golden hour? -
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Herculean task Quote:
[Can we design a mechanism wherein root cause analysis is done through systematic crash investigation and responsibilities fixed?
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Tough unless fixing of cameras DVR and around various locations across roads becomes the norm and is acceptable as evidence Quote:
Are we mature enough to implement a system of violation based penalty which could lead to cancellation of driving licence for life after reaching a certain threshold. -
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No. Not in a 100 years unfortunately. We should first shake up the system of issuing driving licenses before we can start with anything on your line of thinking which by the way is how it should have been in the first place. Quote:
In what ways could we train ourself to be better / safe drivers? -
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Key word is anticipation. When on the road, I expect everyone around me to make all possible mistakes and try and give room / accommodate for such errors as far as possible. Defensive driving is the order of the day and training children from a very young age on road safety should be the way forward. Current generation sadly does not have it in them as the rot is too deep. If we start today, we could probably / maybe expect a change a couple of generations down the line but... Quote:
Is the death toll on our roads a direct by-product of our lenient and very often corrupt licensing practices? -
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Without doubt. Licensing authorities should be directly held responsible for these deaths and severe penalties should be given to these guys for not adhering to some acceptable standard. Today no one is accountable.Then you would see how well they implement / change the licensing procedure. Quote:
Can we, who have made a mark on Mars, not lay some damn good roads and ensure disciplined driving there? -
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In a couple of decades if we start now. Quote:
Would making jaywalking a punishable offence help? -
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Where do we start? We see educated masses happily ignoring pedestrian walkways / foot over bridges and crossing at will at signals (TIDEL Park signal for those in the know in Chennai not to mention the others of course). If the so called educated lot behaves like this I guess we do not have a start point Quote:
How can we solve the ubiquitous bovine menace on our highways?
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Bring the erring 2 legged bovine to justice - 6 months of jail and what ever one deems fit and confiscate the 4 legged bovine and send it to an animal shelter
Sorry for the rant guys but just could not help.
Reason among other things, a school bus with around 40 kids jumping a signal at 0745 this morning when there was very little traffic. It would have taken the fellow less than 30 seconds before his light would have turned green but no, he decided to teach those children exactly what should not have been taught..
Called the person in charge for transportation of the school and informed him. God only knows what would be the action taken.
Cheers and drive safe
Last edited by Jaggu : 29th January 2018 at 18:10.
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