Union Minister of RoadTransport & Highways, KamalNath, is a consummate politician. When Nath, who held the key portfolio of Commerce and Industry in the last UPA government, was named by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take charge of the ministryof road transport,it was clear Nath faced a formidable challenge.However, known for his sharp, shrewd and […]
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Exclusive interview with a Delhi Traffic Police officer
Location: Mandir Lane, New Delhi. It is the meeting place of four routes leading to Rajinder Nagar, Gol Market, Karol Bagh and Chanakya Puri. Traffic flows thick and fast here. From the top of the roundabout at the convergence of these routes, every mean machine blazing past the scorching streets looks fast and furious, even […]
2010 traffic safety numbers indicate progress;driver distraction remains a problem
America’s 2010 traffic safety numbers are in. And National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland and I are pleased to report that, last year, roadway fatalities and injuries fell to their lowest rates ever – and to their lowest numbers since 1949. But if someone you know was among the 32,885 people killed on our […]
Citizen Matters, Bangalore: Namma Metro: No safety, very unfriendly
I am a daily office commuter on Metro Reach one between Baiyappanahalli to MG road. I would like to bring to your attention the following issues: Security The work of the private contract guards when checking bags is inconsistent. The guard assigned to body check does not wave the handheld scanner properly for all passengers. […]
Florida’s proposed ban on texting while driving is a small step in the right direction
Florida, one of only 15 states that doesn’t ban texting while driving, is in the slow lane on motorist safety. The state gained some ground last week when the Senate Transportation Committee voted 10-0 in favor of a bill — filed by Sen. Nancy Detert of Sarasota County — that seeks to ban texting by […]
Road Accidents in India – Metrics
According to ‘Road Accidents in India 2009’compiled by this Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (the latest available data), 1,25,660 people were killed in road accidents in India during the year 2009. As per the deliberations in the last meeting of the National Road Safety Council, held on 25th March 2011, five separate working groups […]
Position of India in Road Accidents
As per the latest issue of the “World Road Statistics” (WRS) 2010, brought out by the International Road Federation, (IRF) Geneva, United States of America had reported the maximum number of injury accidents at 16,30,000 in the world followed by Japan at 7,66,147 and India at 4,84,704 for the year 2008. The highest number of […]
Nigeria’s potholed roads among world’s most deadly
MOWE, Nigeria (AP) — The tractor-trailer lay alongside the busy Nigeria expressway like a child’s forgotten toy, its cargo of cosmetics smashed on the hot, uneven strip of asphalt road and its driver left bleeding with a head wound. Burned-out metal carcasses of crashed minibuses and wrecked cars line the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, a rutted and potholed […]
Schoolkids to learn about traffic safety
BERHAMPUR: The Ganjam administration has decided to set up traffic clubs in 150 high schools and junior colleges from next year to educate children about traffic rules. These educational institutions will be preferably located beside national and state highways. Each club will have 25 members, mostly students of Class X and XI and coordinated by […]
Call for improvement in China’s road safety
BEIJING: A commentary in China’s leading state-run newspaper on Wednesday called for improved road safety in the world’s biggest car market after two fatal school bus crashes sparked a public outcry. On Monday 15 primary school children died when the bus they were travelling in rolled into a river, following the deaths of 19 children […]