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Road Safety Action Plan
Steps to be takenfor PreventingRoad Accidents
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Road Accident StatisticsMore than 1.2 million
people are killedin Road Accidents,
worldwide , every year.2 to 3 % of Gross National Product
Is lost in Road Accidents.
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Road Accident StatisticsOne child is killed in
Road Accidents,every three minutes
in the World.
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Road Accident StatisticsTotal worldwide death toll of
Tsunami of 2004 was about 230,000.
But the annual worldwide death toll of
Road Accidents is 1,200,000 !!!
i.e. more thanfive times the Tsunami toll.
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Steps to be taken forpreventing Road Accidents
Most important method to bring downaccidents is strict enforcement ofspeed limits.
90 % of accidents can be avoided bystrict enforcement of speed limits. Existing speed limits should bebrought down further.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Heavy Penalty should be imposed onALL those who cross speed limits. If
this is strictly implemented, nobodywill dare to go at high speed. Heavy penalty should be imposedfor those who cause accidents.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Tamper proof speed controllersshould be made mandatory for all
heavy vehicles. New heavy vehiclesshould have built in tamper proofspeed controllers.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Two wheeler manufacturers shouldbe asked to design two wheelers
with a designed maximum speed of(say) 50/60 kmph.( Suitable speed limit may beselected for each country.)
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How to prevent Road Accidents New gadgets are to be developed forcollision prevention and should be fitted
on all vehicle. Research organizationsshould be asked to develop such gadgetson a war footing. For example, gadgetscan be developed to automatically slowdown the vehicle, if safe distancecommensurate with the speed of thevehicle in front is not maintained.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Diving tests for issue of Drivinglicense is to be made more stringent
and foolproof. Raising of lower age limit for two
wheeler and Heavy Vehicle licenseto 21.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Helmet should be made compulsoryby law in all states, OR impose a
lower speed limit for those who donot use helmet. Helmet should be made compulsoryfor back seat riders also.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Ensure that all Helmet users are fixingthe Chinstrap of Helmet. Otherwise it
will not help during an accident. Ensure that ONLY good qualityHelmets are available in the market. Strict enforcement of existing trafficrules.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Law should be modified such that theperson who made the accident has to
bear (say) 0 to 10 % of the insuranceclaims, depending on severity ofnegligence. Also the compensationsshould be made very huge, makingaccidents unaffordable so thateveryone will be very vigilant.
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How to prevent Road Accidents All those who do not maintain thesafe distance for the speed should
be punished.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Safety awareness should begin fromchildhood, as it is difficult to impart
awareness to a grown up a human.If safety awareness is imparted atchildhood, safety will be a habit.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Video / Computer Games thatsimulate Racing should be banned
by Government OR discouraged byparents as it will develop racinghabit in children.
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How to prevent Road Accidents All sorts of Motor sports especiallyracing should be banned by
government. Telecast of MotorSports and Racing also should bebanned.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Racing and over speed / highly riskyriding, driving by Heroes should not
be filmed in cinemas and TV serials.Government should censor suchscenes.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Children below a certain age shouldnot be permitted to do cycling in
busy roads / roads where heavyvehicles are plying.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Refreshment parlors should bemade available at (say) every 50 /
100 k.m. on all national highwaysand truck / heavy vehicle driversshould be forced to refresh byhaving a face wash or by having acup of tea / coffee.
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How to prevent Road Accidents The current practice of keeping thetraffic signals in standby mode
during nights and on holidays is tobe reviewed and discontinued iffound prudent.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Advertisement boards and otheritems that may obstruct visibility at
junctions, curvatures and otherparts of the roads should beremoved immediately.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Ensure that the money recovered asRoad Tax is fully utilised for the
construction /maintenance ofroads.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Time Punching of Private buses(practiced in some states) should be
discontinued as it is forcing thedrivers to go at high speed, aftertraffic blocks.
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How to prevent Road Accidents TV and other media should beeffectively used for Public safety
awareness. Scientific analysis of majoraccidents / accident prone areas. Restriction of speed at accidentprone areas.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Enactment of stringent traffic rules. Immediate suspension of license of
those who are involved theaccidents, at least until they provethat they are not guilty. Cancellation of license of those whomake serious accidents.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Proper maintenance of roads.Permanent contracts /
arrangements should be in place formaintaining all roads in goodcondition 24 hours a day, 365 daysan year. If a gutter is repaired intime it can save a life !!!
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How to prevent Road Accidents Strict enforcement of health ofvehicles. Periodic eye testing of old ageddriving license holders. Immediate cancellation of license of
drunkard drivers / riders.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Setting up of Judicial Commissionsto monitor steps taken to control
road accidents. Straightening / Widening of roads,
Implementation of one way trafficand construction of medians.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Footpaths and medians should bemade mandatory for important
roads. Zebra crossings should be provided
for pedestrians for safe roadcrossings at appropriate places.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Signals for road crossings atimportant busy places where a large
number of people have to cross theroad everyday. Proper marking of roads andsignals.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Humps should be provided at allimportant places, accident prone areas. Construction, size and shape of theHumps be scientific. All the Contractorsof the Public Works / Other departmentsshould be provided with the details of
scientific Hump construction
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How to prevent Road Accidents Humps should be clearly marked, toavoid accidents. Methods of
permanent nature should be followedin Hump marking. For example whitemarble pieces / white color /fluorescent pigment can be included inthe mixture ( if scientifically correct).
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How to prevent Road Accidents Provision of small pilot humps fewmeters before humps can also be
considered to ensure that humpsare not left unnoticed. Elimination of obstructions on roadsides, caused by unauthorisedconstruction / road side sales.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Increasing visibility near curvatures.Sometimes even cutting of grass to
increase visibility can help savemany lives.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Road Safety Day / Road Safety Weekshould be observed in all Schools,
every year. Competitions on RoadSafety Tips, Slogans, Essay, Paintingetc should be conducted for variouscategories of students.
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How to prevent Road Accidents School Buses should be painted withBright Yellow color. Let Road Safety be a mandatorytopic for School Projects for allclasses, every year.
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How to prevent Road Accidents A small pool of water or a hangingbranch of tree on roadsides can causeaccident, as such obstructions will makethe pedestrians / drivers to take suddenLATERAL movement and result inaccidents. Hence any obstruction on
road sides which can cause a LATERALmovement should be completely rectifiedtimely.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Black color should not be permittedfor Cycles. Preferred / Default color
for Cycles should be Yellow.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Front and Back of Lorries andTrucks should be painted with
bright Yellow color to increasevisibility. This will help to preventcollisions while Lorries and Trucksare parked on roadside withoutparking lights switched on.
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How to prevent Road Accidents Reflectors should be fixed on Frontand Back of Trucks and Lorries. Periodic review of accident statisticsto understand the effect of actions
taken. Corrective steps should betaken based on these reviews.
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More Road Accident facts
Number of annual
road accidents ismore than the
total populationof Mauritius.
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More Road Accident facts
5 Tsunamis are wiping out
lives from the world every year,
in the form of Road Accidents.
Nobody is noticing it !!!
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More Road Accident facts
Few hundreds are killed
by terrorism every year.
Countries are spending billions andtrillions of dollars to fight terrorism.
We had a war against terrorism.
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More Road Accident facts
Thousands of soldiers
sacrificed their lives.
Hundreds of innocents were killed
in the war against terrorism.
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Unfortunately nobody is bothered tofight Road accidents.
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