Road Terror
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My Next question to fellow Jatlanders
It is well known fact that most of the accident takes place when people overtake other vehicles. I always find it hard to overtake and avoid it as much as I can. But I know its not possible to drive without overtaking. For instance a slow speed tracktor or a bullock cart will slow you down. You need a lot of patience on roads. Sometimes I end up loosing patience and press the speed accelerator
but soon realize, this is not a race track. Slow down
While driving, how many of you come across such situation and how do you manage it ?
How often you loose your patience and drives fast and how often you overtakes other vehicles?
It is well known fact that most of the accident takes place when people overtake other vehicles. I always find it hard to overtake and avoid it as much as I can. But I know its not possible to drive without overtaking. For instance a slow speed tracktor or a bullock cart will slow you down. You need a lot of patience on roads. Sometimes I end up loosing patience and press the speed accelerator
but soon realize, this is not a race track. Slow down While driving, how many of you come across such situation and how do you manage it ?
How often you loose your patience and drives fast and how often you overtakes other vehicles?
malikdeepak1
New member
Overtaking becomes necessary in some scenarios, but i make sure that no vehicle is coming from opposite side (or is far enough) when i overtake. It needs good judgement and judgement comes only with exeprience on road. I never cross 90 kmph even on butter smooth highways(they do exist in India
) and keep myself stick to the middle lane (on a six lane highway) to allow other speedsters to overtake. Problem arises when ego comes in between (susra overtake kyukar kar gya meri gadi ne!). Be patient and drive safe. Remember we are driving on highways and not runways.
सही कहा आपने पर अपने देश में गाड़ी चालक भी cow का ही दिमाग लिए चलते है
Road accidents cost India $20 bn every year
NEW DELHI: India suffers a staggering hit of Rs.1 lakh crore ($20 billion) every year due to road accidents, according to the International Road Federation (IRF), which says the country lacks "political will" to tackle the menace.
"The losses due to
road accidentsNEW DELHI: India suffers a staggering hit of Rs.1 lakh crore ($20 billion) every year due to road accidents, according to the International Road Federation (IRF), which says the country lacks "political will" to tackle the menace.
"The losses due to
have crossed Rs.1 lakh crore annually. The sad part is the establishment knows it. These figures are present in their own records and despite this, there's no political will to resolve the problem," IRF president KK Kapila told IANS.
IRF is a non-profit organisation working for development and maintenance of better and sustainable roads and road networks.
According to Planning Commission studies during 2001-2003, that is nearly a decade ago, the total losses to the economy due to road accidents in the year 1999-2000 were pegged at Rs.55,000 crore (about $10 billion), some three percent of the country's GDP.
Kapila's numbers mean the losses have almost doubled in the last decade. The losses take into account victim-related costs, property damage and administration costs.
He said stringent checks should be established to curb rising drunken driving.
"The Supreme Court judgment calling for stringent punishments for drunken driving, especially when the driver kills someone, is exemplary but we need to follow the ruling in letter and spirit," he said.
However, "the entire environment is polluted", he claimed, citing the short temper on roads and low regard for traffic rules, by both motorists and pedestrians.
IRF is a non-profit organisation working for development and maintenance of better and sustainable roads and road networks.
According to Planning Commission studies during 2001-2003, that is nearly a decade ago, the total losses to the economy due to road accidents in the year 1999-2000 were pegged at Rs.55,000 crore (about $10 billion), some three percent of the country's GDP.
Kapila's numbers mean the losses have almost doubled in the last decade. The losses take into account victim-related costs, property damage and administration costs.
He said stringent checks should be established to curb rising drunken driving.
"The Supreme Court judgment calling for stringent punishments for drunken driving, especially when the driver kills someone, is exemplary but we need to follow the ruling in letter and spirit," he said.
However, "the entire environment is polluted", he claimed, citing the short temper on roads and low regard for traffic rules, by both motorists and pedestrians.
The National
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says 130,000 people were killed in road accidents in 2010.
At a recent conference on road safety, Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg agreed that many of the penalties set by the old Motor Vehicle Act of 1988 were outdated.
Giving last year's data, Garg said police had nabbed some 800,000 traffic violators but archaic penalties weren't enough to deter the culprits.
However, the lack of regard for traffic rules and nominal fines were just part of the bigger jigsaw puzzle, said Harman Singh Siddhu of ArriveSafe, an NGO working for road safety.
"The UN declared 2011-2020 as 'Decade of Action for Road Safety'. But not even a token event was held in India. This shows our seriousness about the issue," he said.
He added that the National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board Bill has yet to see the light of day, even though "India accounts for about 10 percent of road accident fatalities, despite having only one percent of the world's vehicle population".
At a recent conference on road safety, Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg agreed that many of the penalties set by the old Motor Vehicle Act of 1988 were outdated.
Giving last year's data, Garg said police had nabbed some 800,000 traffic violators but archaic penalties weren't enough to deter the culprits.
However, the lack of regard for traffic rules and nominal fines were just part of the bigger jigsaw puzzle, said Harman Singh Siddhu of ArriveSafe, an NGO working for road safety.
"The UN declared 2011-2020 as 'Decade of Action for Road Safety'. But not even a token event was held in India. This shows our seriousness about the issue," he said.
He added that the National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board Bill has yet to see the light of day, even though "India accounts for about 10 percent of road accident fatalities, despite having only one percent of the world's vehicle population".
The bill
seeks to establish a panel for the development and regulation of road safety, traffic management system and safety standards in highway design and construction.
Even countries like
VietnamEven countries like
, Cambodia and
Uganda have adopted Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative with positive results but the lack of dedication on the part of policymakers has kept the country's road safety record dismal, Siddhu claimed.
The initiative aims to promote helmet wearing in two-wheeler riders across the world, working in partnership with governments, the private sector and NGOs.
The initiative aims to promote helmet wearing in two-wheeler riders across the world, working in partnership with governments, the private sector and NGOs.
drrajpalsingh
New member
Excellent Information.
Following point may be of some use:-
a) Never take chance on road,
b) No competition,
c) expect worst from the fellow who is moving ahead of you and who is coming from opposite direction,
d) Be very careful about animal specially dogs on the road. zabera lines and road crossings
e) be 100% sure of serviceability of your vehicle, specially breaks, gears, lights and tiers,
f) FOLLOW ALL RULES OF DRIVING,
G) on the slops use same gear which is required while climbing up.
h) Never I repeat Never over take on turning, cross roads bridge etc, use diper/horn while over taking,
i) Always use indicater on turning as well as while over taking,
j) Follow all traffic rules, use commen sense, and adhere to speed limits,
k) Keep always patience on road, concentrate totally on driving while on drivers sheet,
l) Never drive while feeling sleepy,
m) lOOK ALWAYS AHEAD, PLAN ACTION IN ADVANCE, develop doad sense, assessment of speed of vehicle coming from front and time taken by your vehicle,
N) uSE PROPER GEAR AS PER SPEED,
O) kEEP your front, rear glass and side mirror always clean, must make use of both side and back mirror specially while over taking and taking turn or reversing the vehicle, during fog/rain use AC to keep your front, rear and window glasses,
p) Keep your speed little slower during night.
q) Donnot over load your vehicle.Driver must be free of interference of noice/movement, nothing should restricts his vision, gear handling, stairing movement and breaksexceelator.
r) Use helmet while driving two wheeler,
s) Co-driver must not interfere the driver and helpif possible specially while over taking, revrsing and turning towards left.
t) B alway confident, no double mind or hasitation while driving.
u) Donot keep volume of music very high and avoide very slow/sleepy songs.
v) Always use sheet belt even for codriver.
w) Keep your ego/showing off, away on road.
x) No anger while driving.
y) Donnot drive after consuming even small quantity of liquore/drug/medicians.
z) Use son protecters/sun glasses if required
a) Never take chance on road,
b) No competition,
c) expect worst from the fellow who is moving ahead of you and who is coming from opposite direction,
d) Be very careful about animal specially dogs on the road. zabera lines and road crossings
e) be 100% sure of serviceability of your vehicle, specially breaks, gears, lights and tiers,
f) FOLLOW ALL RULES OF DRIVING,
G) on the slops use same gear which is required while climbing up.
h) Never I repeat Never over take on turning, cross roads bridge etc, use diper/horn while over taking,
i) Always use indicater on turning as well as while over taking,
j) Follow all traffic rules, use commen sense, and adhere to speed limits,
k) Keep always patience on road, concentrate totally on driving while on drivers sheet,
l) Never drive while feeling sleepy,
m) lOOK ALWAYS AHEAD, PLAN ACTION IN ADVANCE, develop doad sense, assessment of speed of vehicle coming from front and time taken by your vehicle,
N) uSE PROPER GEAR AS PER SPEED,
O) kEEP your front, rear glass and side mirror always clean, must make use of both side and back mirror specially while over taking and taking turn or reversing the vehicle, during fog/rain use AC to keep your front, rear and window glasses,
p) Keep your speed little slower during night.
q) Donnot over load your vehicle.Driver must be free of interference of noice/movement, nothing should restricts his vision, gear handling, stairing movement and breaksexceelator.
r) Use helmet while driving two wheeler,
s) Co-driver must not interfere the driver and helpif possible specially while over taking, revrsing and turning towards left.
t) B alway confident, no double mind or hasitation while driving.
u) Donot keep volume of music very high and avoide very slow/sleepy songs.
v) Always use sheet belt even for codriver.
w) Keep your ego/showing off, away on road.
x) No anger while driving.
y) Donnot drive after consuming even small quantity of liquore/drug/medicians.
z) Use son protecters/sun glasses if required
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