Indian roads are never known for their road safety. The roads in India are mostly in atrocious conditions and the drivers are even worse. Vehicles overtake past each other leaving just an inch of distance between them. Tailgating is just another way of driving that the Indians have offered. I might have done it a few times without even realizing it.
We get to see all sort of accidents in real life and the rest is covered in the news. According to a report around 1,50,785 deaths due to road accidents, which means atleast 413 people died everyday. Such statistics don't really inspire faith on the Indian roads.😳 But there were over 21 crore vehicles registered in 2015, which means we do love driving but not safely.
Most of the roads in India are in battered condition. The 'mountain sized' speed breakers cause their own share of accidents. Not only people but the government too wasn't keen in safety too. According to them safety meant driving vehicles slowly. Hence the implementation of quite low speed limits in highways.
This was changed with governments plan to introduce the Bharat stage 6 emission norms soon and also soon launching a special vehicle crash test facility to ensure that all the vehicles are made safe. Soon all the car manufacturers started taking Indian vehicles safety seriously.
Now two front airbags, ABS and EBD are given as a standard safety feature across all variants of the cars. ABS is also to be made mandatory in bikes above 150 cc engines, with CBS brakes being mandatory in all automatic scooters.
The quality of roads is changing dramatically too. The government is keen on improving the roads and also are gearing up to build more expressways to facilitate the transport between cities more quickly. Recently our Prime Minister inaugurated 'Eastern Peripheral Expressway' from Kundli to Palwal via Ghaziabad around Delhi.
This expressway reduced the traffic in Delhi, especially reducing the number of trucks in Delhi. Soon the Western Peripheral Expressway will be inaugurated which would reduce the traffic in Delhi even more. The Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways would be a ring road outside Delhi. These expressways will divert the traffic outside Delhi to other states which had to go through Delhi earlier, causing massive traffic jams and increasing pollution levels in Delhi.
Such a change in road safety is a delight to see in India. But road safety has still a long way to go. Not all cars are fitted with safety features and some cars also demand extra money for airbags. With the implementation of Bharat Stage 6 all cars would be fitted with standard safety equipment.
The driving manners of people are not just careless, but dangerous for them and others too. People refrain from maintaining their vehicles properly and refuse to abide by the rules set by the government. Stricter rules have to be applied so that people are forced to follow them without any negligence.
With the increase in better roads and safer cars, the fatalities caused by road accidents are sure to become less and India would become a safer place for driving pleasure.
We get to see all sort of accidents in real life and the rest is covered in the news. According to a report around 1,50,785 deaths due to road accidents, which means atleast 413 people died everyday. Such statistics don't really inspire faith on the Indian roads.😳 But there were over 21 crore vehicles registered in 2015, which means we do love driving but not safely.
Most of the roads in India are in battered condition. The 'mountain sized' speed breakers cause their own share of accidents. Not only people but the government too wasn't keen in safety too. According to them safety meant driving vehicles slowly. Hence the implementation of quite low speed limits in highways.
This was changed with governments plan to introduce the Bharat stage 6 emission norms soon and also soon launching a special vehicle crash test facility to ensure that all the vehicles are made safe. Soon all the car manufacturers started taking Indian vehicles safety seriously.
Now two front airbags, ABS and EBD are given as a standard safety feature across all variants of the cars. ABS is also to be made mandatory in bikes above 150 cc engines, with CBS brakes being mandatory in all automatic scooters.
The quality of roads is changing dramatically too. The government is keen on improving the roads and also are gearing up to build more expressways to facilitate the transport between cities more quickly. Recently our Prime Minister inaugurated 'Eastern Peripheral Expressway' from Kundli to Palwal via Ghaziabad around Delhi.
This expressway reduced the traffic in Delhi, especially reducing the number of trucks in Delhi. Soon the Western Peripheral Expressway will be inaugurated which would reduce the traffic in Delhi even more. The Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways would be a ring road outside Delhi. These expressways will divert the traffic outside Delhi to other states which had to go through Delhi earlier, causing massive traffic jams and increasing pollution levels in Delhi.
Such a change in road safety is a delight to see in India. But road safety has still a long way to go. Not all cars are fitted with safety features and some cars also demand extra money for airbags. With the implementation of Bharat Stage 6 all cars would be fitted with standard safety equipment.
The driving manners of people are not just careless, but dangerous for them and others too. People refrain from maintaining their vehicles properly and refuse to abide by the rules set by the government. Stricter rules have to be applied so that people are forced to follow them without any negligence.
With the increase in better roads and safer cars, the fatalities caused by road accidents are sure to become less and India would become a safer place for driving pleasure.
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