Stimulation for Faculty of Thinking on 30-Sep-2017:
Road accidents are one of the biggest
losses to human lives. The Govt tackles this by making wearing of Helmets (for
two-wheelers)and using Seat Belts (for four-wheelers). Have you ever thought or
noticed that these actions CANNOT prevent accidents to happen. Well, they can
ONLY help in reducing the injury, damage or loss to life in case there is a
mishap. Then why they are enforced? It’s because it’s easy to administer, and
the helmet/seat-belt industries are the big beneficiaries. For prevention of
accidents, we have several other options, which are never implemented
seriously.
The most important
action is the strict enforcement of road rules, like overloading, wrong direction,
speed limits, etc. The design of roads and turns, etc. is also faulty; they
deliberately / inadvertently encourage breaking of road rules. Most of us
invariably compare our system with that of USA. If things work nicely there why
can’t it here? We have to understand the difference there: very strict
implementation by the authority, people are law abiding and willing to comply,
moreover the drivers are trained and tested rigorously and then certified (The
licensing process). Here, we have none of these in practice and in addition,
one can get away with ease when caught.
