Category Archives: Advocacy & Enforcement

Naming and shaming of convicted drunk drivers are to be introduced this year. Having to drive with your headlights on will also be legislated over the next few months. This commitment was made by Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesman Ashref more »

Bar owners should make combined efforts to educate customers Expressing concern over increasing deaths in road accidents caused by drunken drivers, Nitte University Vice Chancellor Dr V Shantaram Shetty called for enhancing punishment for such offences. He was speaking after more »

HYDERABAD: The World Health Organisation(WHO) in collaboration with city police launched a multi-media campaign against drunk driving in the twin cities here on Wednesday. Setting off the month-long awareness campaign, P V S Ramakrishna, DCP (traffic) flagged off display of more »

On June 25-28, country staff from the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and national public works ministries joined the Global Road Safety Facility in Tunis, Tunisia for a training workshop on the fundamentals of the safe system approach. The more »

ALLAHABAD: The traffic police have only two speed radars for the entire district in which rash driving takes its toll on many lives. Pointedly, the traffic department has been waiting for interceptors to act sharply against violators. This year so more »

The growth of India’s highway system over the past 25 years has been tremendous, but the increase in road deaths has been equally large. Yet, through all these changes, one thing has remained the same: the policing of India’s highways. more »

Major traffic accidents are no rarity on Moscow’s roads, but a string of particularly horrific crashes in recent months have forced authorities to search for remedies. Last week, three people were killed when a woman with a long history of more »

The proposal is part of a range of measures, which include abolishing the right to have a blood or urine test to confirm a roadside breath test. Sources working on the plans said lifetime bans were being considered. It was more »

Delhiites, notorious for mixing drinking with driving, are high on the deadly cocktail again as Diwali fervour grips the city. And forget about caring for their own safety or those of others on the road. When caught drunk behind the more »

ALLAHABAD: With winter approaching, traffic police department has planned to crack down against drunken drivers. Equipped with breath-analysers, traffic cops are busy finalising spots for conducting the drive, including near marriage parties and highways. Asserting that drunken driving is a more »

A sessions court here on Thursday convicted Nooriya Yousuf Haveliwala, a non-resident Indian, in a drunken driving case and sentenced her to five-year rigorous imprisonment. In 2010, Nooriya, driving under the influence of alcohol, killed a police sub-inspector, Dinanath Shinde, more »

The fatality figure in road accidents in Punjab is nearly six times higher than the deaths caused in homicide cases. According to a report circulated by the Government of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, another disturbing trend has more »

SA POLICE have fallen $35 million short of a forecast $101 million in traffic fines as driver behaviour improves on the state’s roads. The 2011-12 SA Police Annual Report shows police claimed $65.8 million in expiation revenue in the past more »

With only nine women constables attached to the department, city traffic police unable to carry out drive effectively While male motorists get caught for drunken driving, the fair sex has been enjoying an unfair advantage. Thanks to the paucity of more »

The UN Decade of Action of Road Safety is a global declaration of war against road crashes and deaths, driven locally by the Department of Transport. South Africa has also taken the lead in mobilising other southern African countries, particularly more »

NEW DELHI: One in every 10 road deaths across the globe is reported from India and every sixth car crash in the world happens here. This is in sharp contrast to India having only 1% of the global vehicle population. more »

Twenty-eight teams from eight different countries set on their journey across Tamil Nadu in autorickshaws on Monday to drive home a message on importance of children�s education and road safety. The CEAT Classic Autorickshaw Challenge 2007� was flagged off by more »

Driving home a message against drunk driving, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today verbally suggested that vehicles could be impounded for six months to check this menace. After a petition filed in public interest came up for hearing this more »

Be ready to be more disciplined while driving on the city roads as the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of directions aimed at applying brakes on unruliness on roads. The instructions to the motorists include sticking more »

The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants the state of Punjab to examine the issue of traffic jams due to the inadequate number of lanes at the toll plazas.Taking up a petition filed in the public interest by advocate Ajay more »