It’s extremely unfortunate that we have lost a cabinet
minister and a senior politician in a road accident. Mr. Munde was a of one of the worst
driving habits in the world. Disciplining traffic to reduce traffic menace was
one of the ten points I suggested for action by the new Prime Minister of India in my pevious blog. We also lost Sahib Singh Verma
another senior politician in a road accident in 2007.
Its time the entire nation learns from this very unfortunate
incident and takes this as a serious business to improve the driving habits and follow the traffic rules. HAd the driver of Indica that rammed into Mr. Munde's car had followed the simple law - stop when the signal is RED, he would be among us.
We can blame Governments for many lapses. However, road menace is primarily due to bad driving. I doubt how many Indian drivers know the correct rule and what to do in following situations:
1 1. You are about to enter a traffic circle but find another vehicle in the circle onto your right.
2 2. Where should one be after taking a left turn, on the left side of the road, right side or anywhere
3 3. Etiquettes of driving in the right most lane
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Its about time, this is taken as a high priority item like
the Black Money SIT. States have a major role but Centre can act as the
initiator and a catalyst.
