[neeravnaik]

Safe car is a necessary condition but not sufficient. Driving safely in a safe car will multiple your chances of safely reaching your destination.

Nowadays lot of people know the safety rules but one key missing thing I see is self awareness. I have seen many people who say they drive safe probably including many on this forum but they are not. There will be excuses like I drive fast when it is empty or I know the limits. Sometimes there is too much confidence.

You can see it in cab drivers who are definitely some of most experienced drivers in the sheer distances they cover and probably very skilled too. Also you would assume they will be driving safest since they are exposed to risks daily. But you see them driving fast and worse tailgating trucks etc so closely in night and all sorts of risky situations.

Let us just ask ourselves are we being honest. Do you actually reduce your speed considerably in night or in rains.

Lot of people are anyway lost causes with nothing will happen kind of attitude.

[fhdowntheline]

I don’t think the two are exclusive. You need a safe car, and you must do safe driving. The safe car is also in case someone else does an unsafe act.

[Sierra__foxtrot]

Hands Down a Safe Car.

Even if iam following a safe driving pattern, some maniac decides to come straight into me with his reckless driving its not my safe driving skill which is going to defend me but rather my safer car which will absorb the impact to an extent. Took that decision while purchasing my POLO over the then new i20's long feature list and the tin can baleno's mileage and after sales stories.

[steadfast]

Simple logical answer - Safe car

You can control your driving as safe or unsafe but you can’t control other drivers on road and this is where a safe car protects you from their foolishness . Further safe car protects you from so many unknowns on Indian roads.

So no matter how safe you drive you have higher probability of dying in an unsafe car versus a safe car. And for people who say that safe car brands are not as reliable as unsafe brands, my preference is to go to a workshop than send me and loved ones to the other world

[ron178]

Probability(being killed or seriously injured in a crash) = Pr(getting into a crash) * Pr(getting killed or seriously injured given that you are in a crash)
Source: Thomas Bayes, centuries ago.

The very existence of such a thing as a "safe car" or a "safe driver" implies at least one of the right side factors can be 0. Which is a necessary* and sufficient condition for the other factor to have no effect on the expression on the left.

*you can show the "necessary" side with a bit of very elementary multivariate calculus.

If someone has found a way to make either of them 0, depending on which one, please get in touch with MoRTH, or ask Global NCAP to rename "#SaferCarsForIndia" to "#SafeCarsForIndia".

[Phantom 510]

Safe driving always! No number of stars will favor one if he/she is engaged in ape-like antics at the wheel of a car.

[BusCar]

Safe Car is complimentary to Safe Driving. Both are required.

15-20 years back, I do recall people travelling 150-200 kms on 2-wheelers to reach Native Place. With improvements in Income levels and Affordability, car seems like a necessity now.
Moreover, now buying a safe car is within reach and budget. So we as customers now, can buy a safe car within a budget and with required features. With options available, buying decision can be made regarding purchase of a safer car.

Safe driving is a necessity at any speed we are Driving. Safe driving is required to safeguard ourselves against many things on the roads.