Reducing road crashes in India
On any given day, about 465 people die on roads in India. And about three times that number is injured daily. If you are a pedestrian or drive a two-wheeler…
Road Safety
Cyrus Mistry’s Death is sad but no one cares when the poor are killed by the rich on our roads
The sad death of former Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry in a road crash in Maharashtra on September 4 should create more awareness about the need for road safety. It…
Pathways for Reducing Road Accidents
UN Road Safety Week Ends On Sunday May 23 The Road Safety Week ( May 17-23 ) ends on Sunday and this is a good time to reflect on…
Dinesh Mohan championed public transport, public protests
I was very sad to hear of the death this morning of Dinesh Mohan, noted expert on road safety, in St Stephen’s hospital in Delhi. It is a big loss…
Why reduce speed limit to 30 km/h? “Answer is blowin’ in the wind”
Due to the Covid lockdown in 2020, though the number of road traffic accidents declined yet deaths did not decline in the same proportion because people drive at higher…
Was no one responsible for the death this prominent journalist?
A prominent , senior journalist in Delhi is seriously injured by a car allegedly driven by a senior defence organisation official, she dies later and the media does not even…
Himachal Move For Selling Liquor at Petrol Pumps Will Be Dangerous For Safety
According to a recent report in a leading Hindi newspaper of Himachal Pradesh Amar Ujala (April 6), the Himachal government is seriously considering a proposal to start selling liquor at…
Instead of reducing maximum speed limit, Thailand increases it to 120 kph
Thailand was among the countries globally that promised last year to reduce the maximum speed limit to 30 kilometre per hour (30 kph) to reduce road traffic crashes, and thus,…
Market solutions will make roads unsafe for everyone
India along with 193 countries had promised to halve deaths and serious injuries on the roads by 2020 (as part of UN Sustainable Development Goals). But we have failed to…
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