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| UN declares Decade of Road Safety |
To curb the shocking 1.3 million deaths from road traffic crashes a year, the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday proclaimed the period from 2011 to 2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
According to a news release from the UN office here, the proclamation seeks to spur national and global efforts to halt or reverse the increasing trend in road traffic deaths and injuries around the world.
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| 05/03/2010 | Read More.. |
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| UN proclaims decade of action for road safety |
To spur national and global efforts to prevent traffic deaths, the UN General Assembly has proclaimed the period 2011 to 2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
In a resolution adopted Tuesday, the 192-member body also requested the WHO, in cooperation with other partners, to prepare a plan of action to guide efforts during the Decade.
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| 05/03/2010 | Read More.. |
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| VVIP movement must not hit traffic: SC |
The Supreme Court today shot down a proposal for airlifting patients to hospitals, observing that it was not advisable in the light of the recent helicopter accident involving President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
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| 17/12/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Himachal mulling GPS in buses to reduce accidents |
The Himachal Pradesh government is considering installation of global positioning system (GPS) in the state-run and private buses to reduce the rate of road accidents in the state, Transport Minister Mohinder Singh said Monday.
'We are mulling to install GPS in the state-run and private buses,' Singh told the state assembly.
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| 14/12/2009 | Read More.. |
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| 2-hr traffic jam as bus breaks down |
| -hr traffic jam as bus breaks down Hundreds of tourists and daily commuters, including school students, headed towards Kasauli and Shimla remained stranded in a traffic jam for more than two hours on main bazaar, National Highway 22, here today. |
| 20/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Car pool, better traffic signals viable solutions |
Car pool is the most effective means of handling the burgeoning traffic on city roads, feels Prof Harish Bhatia, a transportation consultant and former teacher at Punjab Engineering College.
However, Neha Malhotra, an HR manager, says: 'The city should go in for the Singapore model of heavy taxes on every subsequent purchase of car by an individual." |
| 20/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Metro not before a decade |
| The tricity will have to wait for at least a decade before expecting any respite from the ever-increasing traffic on city roads and adjoining townships in the form of a metro, worked out by the Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES). The ministry of urban development has given hope for a metro in the city alone in the next five years. |
| 20/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Most autos don’t use meters |
No autorickshaw at the Tribune Chowk was willing to drive this correspondent to Sector 17 on a metered drive this morning. One asked for Rs 60, another Rs 70 and the third only Rs 40.
Not exactly in the domain of public transport, autorickshaws and cabs are a major mode of transportation for a large number of commuters everyday. About 700 autorickshaws ply on city roads, besides those coming from Panchkula and Mohali. Over 70 per cent of the autorickshaws do not use meters and a considerable number don’t even have it. |
| 20/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Few takers for CTU buses |
The grid system of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has failed to emerge as a permanent mode of transport for thousands of commuters as it has failed to deliver. The increasing number of vehicles confirms public dissatisfaction with the bus service.
In sectors on the periphery, buses are neither on time nor do these ply frequently. The administration has failed to reduce the load of traffic on city roads which are bursting at the seams.
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| 20/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| India to seek $3bn WB loan for roads |
India will seek a $3-billion (Rs 15,000 crore) loan from World Bank to convert 6,376 km of single-lane national highways (NH) to two-lanes.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath would meet World Bank chief Robert Zoellick during his seven-day visit to the USA and put forward the proposal to seek the loan. Nath left for the USA late last night.
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| 14/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic woes in Shimla |
To regulate traffic and tide over the problem of haphazard parking, the government is mulling over the creation of an urban transport authority under the local municipal corporation (MC) so that the city’s mobility plan can be implemented effectively.
With the MC failing to implement the condition of having a mandatory parking floor in all constructions being undertaken in the town, vehicles parked along the roads are adding to the traffic woes and restricting free mobility of vehicles all over the town.
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| 03/09/2009 | Read More.. |
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| No brakes on e-way mess |
Non-Tagged Traffic Violates Lanes, No Data On Challan Claims
The assurances given from time to time to ease traffic flow at Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway toll plaza remain just tall claims. Non-tagged traffic continues to enter the lanes meant exclusively for vehicles that have paid up in advance to avoid stoppage at the 32-lane toll plaza.
And with little increase in the share of tagged vehicles in the past one year, the nightmare has intensified. |
| 09/08/2009 | Read More.. |
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| ITP’s FM Radio important step to educate citizens on traffic rules:Sumsam |
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Syed Sumsam Ali Shah Bukhari on Wednesday said FM Radio by Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) is an important step to educating the citizens on traffic rules and regulations.The present PPP-led government gives priority to projects which are launched for welfare and betterment of public, he said while talking to journalists during his visit to ITP Office to personally examine the working of first ITP’s FM Radio.
He said Pakistan is passing through critical time of its history and added that terrorists and extremists, who were challenging the writ of the government would be flushed out.
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| 23/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Gilani’s son fined for traffic rule violation |
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son was caught by traffic police using a high beam and had to pay a fine for violating traffic rules.
An assistant sub inspector of the Islamabad Traffic Police, who was deployed at Radio Pakistan, spotted a car (LEC-411) being driven with high beam.
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| 23/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic violation saved his life! |
Violation of a traffic rule saved the life of a mason from the jaws of death! Had Madesha, the mason, not been drunk and police not seized his bike, he would have been eliminated by a gang of 10 persons.
He barely knew that the gang was following him in a four-wheeler on July 19. As he went in his friend’s car after the police seized his bike, the gang dropped their murder plan. However they were caught when they stopped a vehicle near Anil Kumble Circle and tried to rob the driver.
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| 23/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Punjab budget ignores drug abuse, road accidents |
When Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said at the start of his Budget speech that the finance furnishes the most trustworthy interpreter of a government’s doing, one presumed that financial memorandum presented by him before the Vidhan Sabha would take cognizance of serious socio-economic issues that are wreaking havoc in the state.
His quote "our resources are exiguous, but we have manfully striven to meet our obligations and the course of our financial administration clearly demonstrates the most zealous care for the best interest of the Punjab," however, remained unsubstantiated in the proposals and actions he wanted to be taken during the year for augmenting growth, affluence and well-being of the people of the state.
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| 20/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| House pays tributes to MJ |
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Budget Session started here today with the House paying rich tributes to prominent politicians, freedom fighters, children who died at an unmanned railway crossing, victims of racial attacks in Australia and even a pop singer who died recently. The obituary references made in the House started with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is also the Leader of the House, and ended with Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon after many others, including Leader of Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, remembered the departed souls.
The longest time was spent remembering the traits and contribution of former Cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh, who died in a car crash in March this year. Badal described him as a "light house" for the SAD and the spirit behind the function to mark the 300 years of the birth of Khalsa. He also said the Sikh Heritage Complex coming up at Anandpur Sahib was the vision of Capt Kanwaljit Singh.
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| 20/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Safety on the road |
International students at Rangitoto College are taking part in a road safety course.
The North Shore City Council is running a road safety day at the school on July 24 for new students enrolled for term three.
Council road safety co-ordinator Angie Cheong says students can gain valuable information about the New Zealand Road Code and safety programmes from the event.
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| 16/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Nothing wrong with Talking while Walking |
A recent Idea! ad generated some controversy about talking on the cell phone while walking. People protested that it was contrary to Road safety.
This is not unusual - in India, collectively people have decided that pedestrians are to blame for their own deaths or loss of limb. The other day, I saw a girl crossing a junction with no signal - she was talking on the cellphone. A passing scooterist speeded up on seeing her, came very close, and yelled at her for talking on the cellphone while crossing.
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| 16/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Driving, cell phones don't mix for officials |
Traffic safety officials agree that distractions, no matter what kind, are a major cause of traffic crashes.
And one of the biggest distractions are cell phones.
"Anyone, myself included, when you are not paying attention to the road, it's dangerous," said St. Florian Police Chief Ralph Richey. "Talking on the phone while driving is just like watching a video going down the road. You get caught up in it and lose your focus. |
| 08/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Back-Seat Driver: Cell phones OK for cops at the wheel |
To Bridget in Folsom, Keith in Orangevale, David in Sacramento and several other annoyed readers:
Yes. Sorry to say, there is in fact a "double standard" with police and cell phones.
Police can talk on handheld cell phones while driving. The rest of us cannot. |
| 08/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| City roads, a perpetual hazard for pedestrians |
Attention! If you are crossing the road. Do not try look to your right and left but try to look at the road dividers and then cross the road at least here in the industrial city. For most of these road dividers are being damaged by people to make intersections for short-cuts and convenient turns.
For pedestrians, crossing a road is a life-threatening hazard, as they have to escape the killer vehicles passing through these broken spaces between the road dividers.
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| 08/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Residents out to check overloading of vehicles |
Following the failure of the authorities concerned to check the plying of condemned passenger vehicles, people themselves have started a campaign to check the violation of traffic rules.
"We have lost faith in government agencies," said Ravinder Slathia, who along with other youths was intercepting overloaded passenger vehicles plying on the road near Udhampur. He opined that it was due to the lack of will among politicians that road accidents were taking place frequently in the hilly areas of the Jammu region.
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| 01/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Devise strategy to rein in accidents: CM |
| Expressing concern over the loss of lives in the road accidents, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today directed the administration to come up with a strategy within two weeks, proposing ways to reduce such accidents to zero. |
| 01/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Road Construction Accidents in Los Angeles - Know Your Legal Rights |
| A number of auto accidents occur when the driver suddenly comes upon road construction, and, being unable to stop in time to avoid it, swerves into the adjacent lane, sideswiping the vehicle beside it, forcing it to run into the median barrier or into oncoming traffic with disastrous - even deadly - results. When there is road construction taking place that closes a lane or presents a danger to passing traffic, the construction company or public entity doing the construction or repair must give drivers sufficient warning of the upcoming construction so the cars have sufficient time and distance to change lanes or otherwise avoid the construction. |
| 19/06/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic police request NHAI to improve accident-prone roads |
Apart from identifying 27 accident-prone areas, the traffic police authorities on Friday took four accident-prone stretches connecting Allahabad with neighbouring districts under its scanner.
These stretches are Phaphamau-to-Malaq Har Har ( Allahabad-Lucknow Road), Jhunsi-to-Ramnathpur railway crossing ( Allahabad-Varanasi route), Naini-Zaribazar ( Allahabad-Mirzapur route) and Dhoomanganj-Puramufti ( Allahabad-Kaushambi-Kanpur) route. |
| 17/06/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Pavement dwellers should be rehabilitated |
| Reay Road, Saat Rasta, Sewri - the list of congested roads in Mumbai is endless. And things only get worse by night. With scores of slum-dwellers sleeping sometimes on pavements, dividers or even the roads, the drive home can be a dangerous adventure. |
| 17/06/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Road safety council gets CM's nod |
| With an aim to regulate the traffic more efficiently, the state government has approved the constitution of a state road safety council' on lines of the National Council for Road Safety. In wake of the increasing number of mishaps and resulting human casualties, chief minister Ashok Gehlot has okayed formation of the council for better traffic management and road safety. |
| 17/06/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Delhi to observe Safe Pedestrians Week |
As half of the road accident victims are pedestrians, Delhi Police will launch a Safe Pedestrians Week from June 1 to create awareness among people and motorists to be responsible road users.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) S.N. Srivastava said majority of the fatalities happen to pedestrians. |
| 30/05/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Road transport can drive global economic recovery |
The joint ITF-IRU Workshop concludes that road transport can be a key driver of the global economic recovery provided governments worldwide promote and further facilitate trade and road transport.
Organised as part of the International Transport Forum 2009, the joint ITF-IRU Workshop on "Road Transport: promoting global trade, travel and development", today brought together over 100 ministerial, business and academic representatives from countries in Europe, The Americas, Asia, the Middle-East and Oceania, as well as high-level speakers from the WTO, WCO and UNECE, who concluded that any penalty on road transport is an even greater penalty on the economy as a whole and identified solutions calling for urgent governmental action. |
| 30/05/2009 | Read More.. |
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