The sole statute governing Road Safety in India, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA) has proved ineffective in addressing any of the aforementioned issues decisively. Road safety is still not seen as a priority issue in the country. India can do well with a comprehensive national road safety law, the sooner the better. Ministry of surface transport has recently amended MVA to provide stringent penalty and punishment provision in case of flouting rules of driving. We still need to move miles to catch up the international standards
Saturday, April 22, 2017
The Times of India : . Road accident
Road accidents are the biggest killer in India. Statistics suggests that one person dies in a road accident in India every four minutes. The causes for India's exceptionally high number of casualties in road crashes include bad road user behaviour, defective road design and engineering, weak enforcement of traffic rules and the lack of rapid trauma care.
The sole statute governing Road Safety in India, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA) has proved ineffective in addressing any of the aforementioned issues decisively. Road safety is still not seen as a priority issue in the country. India can do well with a comprehensive national road safety law, the sooner the better. Ministry of surface transport has recently amended MVA to provide stringent penalty and punishment provision in case of flouting rules of driving. We still need to move miles to catch up the international standards
The sole statute governing Road Safety in India, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA) has proved ineffective in addressing any of the aforementioned issues decisively. Road safety is still not seen as a priority issue in the country. India can do well with a comprehensive national road safety law, the sooner the better. Ministry of surface transport has recently amended MVA to provide stringent penalty and punishment provision in case of flouting rules of driving. We still need to move miles to catch up the international standards
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