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| Baalu for upgrading driving skills |
| Union Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister T. R. Baalu on Wednesday said there is considerable scope for public-private partnership in the field of drivers training and their skill upgrading and asked the automobile manufacturers including other stakeholders to join the Government's efforts in this direction. |
| 28/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Bad road manners 'cause of jams' |
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority blamed drivers for causing traffic congestion in the city.
"It is about behaviour on the road and drivers are the one to be blamed for most of the traffic jams and accidents leading to injuries and deaths," said Engineer Maitha Obaid Bin Udai, Chief Executive Officer of the Traffic and Roads Agency at the Dubai Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). |
| 28/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Focus on road safety, says transport minister |
Advertisements should not glamorise over-speeding but rather emphasise on safety measures like wearing of crash helmets and seat belts, said Road Transport Minister T.R. Baalu here Tuesday.
"One of the important reasons for road accidents is over-speeding," Baalu said at a seminar on 'Auto Retail: Framework for Growth', co-organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) here. |
| 22/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Road safety...over 100 companies to adopt a voluntary code of conduct |
| The voluntary code of conduct covers all issues & practices relevant to road safety including Management systems for businesses & transporters to develop within their organizations, driver management, vehicle management and journey management |
| 22/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Comprehensive road safety Act may soon get green light |
The ministry of road transport and highways is planning a major overhaul of road safety measures as well as a comprehensive road safety Act.
“So far, road safety and traffic laws have not been implemented efficiently by the states. The Act would ensure proper and uniform execution of road safety measures by the states and would be of much greater magnitude than the current laws,” an official said. |
| 15/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Improving visibility of buses during nights |
Perhaps because of their sheer size and the space they take up on the roads, buses cause a fairly large number of accidents.
Last year, there were 671 accidents involving buses of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation and the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation in areas coming under the Bangalore city police jurisdiction. These accidents caused 112 deaths and injured 473 persons. |
| 15/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Helmets causing hairloss: College girls |
Additional commissioner of traffic police A K Khan almost fell from his chair recently when a bunch of young students from a city women's college approached him with a strange request.
"Can you grant us exemption from wearing helmets while we drive two-wheelers. We spend about Rs 4,000 to straighten and perm our hair. Wearing a helmet spoils it," the girls told the amused cop.
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| 15/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic police frown on ‘myopic’ projects |
| Flyovers and plans to concretise tram tracks seem perfect on the drawing board. But when these projects are implemented, planners seldom take existing traffic load into consideration. And this has left Kolkata Police a disgruntled lot. |
| 14/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Participants of road safety meet thank His Majesty |
Participants of Muscat Regional Conference for Road Safety, which was hosted by the Sultanate and concluded its deliberations here yesterday, sent a cable of thanks to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
They expressed their great thanks and appreciation for the generous hospitality extended to them praising His Majesty’s efforts aimed at increasing international awareness with the growing impact on injuries resulting from traffic accidents. |
| 14/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| NHAI plans 45-km link to connect highways |
| Concerned with the way Delhi roads are getting clogged with traffic, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning a link road to connect National Highway-1 (Delhi-Chandigarh), NH-10 (Delhi-Rohtak) and NH-8 (Delhi-Jaipur). This is expected to take take considerable load off Ring Road and Outer Ring Road. |
| 07/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Do you smoke? Pay more for car cover |
| Get ready to pay a higher insurance premium for your vehicle when you renew your cover next year. And make sure you are ready for at least a dozen probing queries from your agent regarding your personal habits, your car and even your home — yes, from 2007, your car premium will depend on all these, and more. |
| 06/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Cut road deaths toll plea by MP |
HUDDERSFIELD'S MP has urged the Government to act to stem the rising death toll on roads across the world.
Barry Sheerman's move comes after reports that global road deaths are set to double within 10 years, to 2m a year unless urgent action is taken.
About 3,000 people are killed on the world's roads every day. |
| 06/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Muscat meet on road traffic safety opens today |
| Lieutenant-General Malik bin Suleiman Al Ma’amari, inspector-general of police and customs, will preside over the opening ceremony of ‘Muscat Conference on Road Traffic Safety’ today. |
| 04/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Official reminder: School bus safety is key |
The days are getting shorter, the leaves are slowly changing color, the weather is cooler, and the first day of school is just around the corner.
The start of the school year on Tuesday means children will start their early morning treks to their bus stops. In order to keep them safe from accidents, it is important to educate children in the basics of bus safety.
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| 04/09/2006 | Read More.. |
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| 70 safe road users rewarded |
| The UT Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Satish Chandra, today rewarded 70 safe road users at a function held at the Sector 23 Children Traffic Park for complying with traffic rules and regulations. The function was organised by the Chandigarh Traffic Police in association with The Tribune Trust and Ford Motors. |
| 30/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| 2,000 challans a month |
Ninety-five dead, 350 injured. That’s the toll of rash driving on city roads in the first seven months of the year. That Chandigarh is driving too fast, and too dangerous, is evident from the Traffic Police’s challan figures: 2,000 every month, for violating traffic rules.
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| 30/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Ambala Police launches website |
The Ambala Police has joined the World Wide Web with the launch of its own local website (www.ambalapolice.org), a powerful technological tool that will keep citizens updated.
Ambala Police is working to provide more public information on the new initiatives being taken.
The website has a "news area" on the site to efficiently provide information to the media. The web site provides information about the district police, its structure, activities, news, and available services as well as providing direct communications channels between the police and public.
It will provide information to anyone who wants it and give the Police more opportunities to communicate with people than we ever have.
The web site will not be a static site and will evolve in response to the requirements of the public.
The Ambala Police is committed to ensuring its continuing success and development as a resource and communication conduit for the public.
In addition, the Web site provides citizens the opportunity to submit questions and comments. It is an important resource for the public, journalists, academia, and the NRI community.
Additional enhancements are planned for www.ambalapolice.org in the future.
The goal is to increase public understanding of the activities through timely online update directly from the Police Department.
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| 22/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Parents 'need to be more responsible' |
Greater parental responsibility rather than a higher driving age would make a big difference in New Zealand’s youth driving accident rate, an Ashburton driving instructor says.
Instructor Denise Farr says no matter how good the tuition a young person receives, parental involvement is necessary to ensure learner and restricted drivers comply with their licence rules.
“It really concerns me that a lot of children think it is a right to have a licence and not a responsibility and this comes back to a deficit of parental responsibility. When it comes to ensuring the restricted licence is just that, a lot of parents don’t care and that’s heart-breaking,” she said. |
| 09/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| New Delhi streets are health menace |
It doesn't take a Harvard degree to figure out that driving here is hazardous to your health. Near-misses, reckless weaving and cars blithely going the wrong way are highlights of the daredevil derby known as New Delhi traffic.
But a recent study by economists from Harvard and other American universities suggests that, indeed, a majority of this city's drivers get their licenses without actually knowing how to operate a car. They ply the roads because of a simple fact: government corruption. |
| 07/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Ambala Police on the Information Highway |
The Ambala Police is the 1st in the region to adopt computerisation and information technology in order to make its working transparent and to reduce deployment in non-field areas. The data is being maintained in a format that makes its sharing with public under the Right to Information Act simpler and automatic.
The district police has deployed 35 Personal Computers and a Server in an effort to increase the availability of computers within the District Police. A PC has been provided to each Police Station and all branches of the District Police Office have been provided at least one PC. The district already has an in-house computer training centre where existing manpower is imparted basic computer skills. The police personnel having basic computer skills are also encouraged to further upgrade their skills at Government and Private Training Centres.
Special Software packages are also being implemented to reduce manual data management and to improve the efficiency of internal processes to better deliver service to the citizens. The packages already introduced or in the process of induction include computerisation of the Complaint Branch, the Traffic Challaning Branch, the Passport Verification Branch, the Summons Branch, the Personnel Branch and the Return (Reports) Branch.
URL - http://www.AmbalaPolice.org |
| 04/08/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic police to go on AIR with roadblock warnings |
Listening to AIR FM Radio will now be entertaining as well as informative. For the Chandigarh Traffic Police has decided to add another “programme” to the All India Radio FM menu, providing live information on traffic situation in the city. Be it acidents, roadblocks, traffic jams or processions—you will know it just by switching on your cra radio. And not only the police, even you can make a call to the FM station to warn your fellow motorists. The system is to be in place within a week.
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| 25/07/2006 | Read More.. |
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| PM urges people to learn road manners |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed the importance of learning road manners.
'People must learn road manners... how to give way to pedestrians, how to observe normal rules while overtaking, how to park and when not to blow a horn. These are simple rules but their observance makes a lot of difference to our daily lives,' he said after inaugurating a 10-km road link.
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| 26/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Are no-parking zones a solution for choking city? |
| To solve the parking woes which have become a way of life in most visited areas of the city, the UT administration in a significant, but a confounding move, has almost finalised their conversion into 'no-parking zones'. |
| 23/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| No full stops on India’s roads |
| There should be few surprises in a survey that says that nearly 70 per cent of those who obtain a driving licence in Delhi cannot drive. We dare say that this is an understatement — not just about the country’s capital city, home to the highest number of motor vehicles in India, but the country itself. |
| 17/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| 'Give way at circles' |
The letter of June 9 of Andre Symes refers. There is a proliferation of traffic circles in Somerset West and granted some mini circles are at inappropriate locations with inadequate space to function properly.
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| 16/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Eyeing traffic safety issue |
Drive down any stretch of rural highway and you are likely to see, just off the berm, a small cross, perhaps with a miniature flag, and a planter of flowers. Similar displays line even suburban and urban streets.
Names, dates and details vary, but these roadside memorials all say the same thing: A loved one died here.
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| 16/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Global road safety campaign launched |
A major campaign to highlight the number of people dying on roads around the world is being launched today in central London.
The Make Roads Safe initiative, organised by the Commission for Global Road Safety in conjunction with the RAC Foundation, is intended to highlight the damaging impacts road deaths are having on global development goals tackling health and poverty.
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| 08/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Big Bazaar fulfills social responsibility. |
Supports Traffic Police to spread the Public Message for usage of Helmets.
Big Bazaar Supports a social cause by tying up with the Mumbai Police to spread the message for usage of helmets
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| 07/06/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Road safety: India needs to raise the bar |
What's the most ambitious project launched by the Vajpayee government? It could be argued that there's nothing more far-reaching than the mammoth road-building projects that are snaking across the country.
But, while new roads are being built, and newer, faster automobiles and trucks are racing out of the factories, India's record when it comes to road safety is abysmal.
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| 24/05/2006 | Read More.. |
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| Shell India draws up safety standard for transporters |
Shell India is drawing up a safety standard for commercial transporters, which will incorporate global best practices of the company.
"Safety is a business issue for Shell," the company's Manager for Corporate Responsibility, Dr Shailaja D Sharma, told Business Line. In January 2006, Shell India and the Global Road Safety Partnership launched a joint pilot project in South India. A total of 10 transporters were handpicked from the Bangalore region where Shell had launched its retail fuels business.
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| 21/05/2006 | Read More.. |
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