Road Safety for Drivers

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
 Looking at the Statistics
In New Delhi, the capital of
Over 1,37,000 people were
India, the frequency of traffic
killed in road accidents in
collisions is 40 times higher
2015 alone, that is more than
than the rate in London, the
the number of people killed in
capital of the United
all our wars put together.
Kingdom.

377 people die every day,

16 children die on Indian
equivalent to a jumbo jet
roads daily.
crashing every day.

Two people die every

hour in Uttar Pradesh –
State with maximum
number of road crash
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
deaths.
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
The Major Problems

Distractions to the driver

Red light jumping

Over speeding

Drunken Driving

Avoiding Helmets and Seatbelts

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
Use of mobile phones while driving

Use of mobile phones while driving

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
Act of talking on phone
occupies major portion
of brain and the smaller
part handles the driving
skills. This division of
brain hampers reaction
time and ability of
judgment.

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
Pedestrians needs to
understand that they
themselves are responsible for
their own safety.
Over Speeding
Increase in speed
multiplies the risk of
accident and severity of
injury during accident.
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
 Consumption of Alcohol reduces
alcohol to celebrate concentration. It
any occasion is decreases reaction time
common. But when of humans. Limbs take
mixed with driving it more to react to the
turns celebration instruction of brain. It
into a misfortune. hampers vision due to
dizziness. 

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
The legal limit of blood
alcohol content (BAC)
or blood alcohol
concentration is 0.03%
or 30mg per 100ml of
blood. If a person
driving a car has a BAC
level higher than that,
he or she can be
booked under Sec 185
of the Motor Vehicles
Act, which consists of
imprisonment up to six
months or fine up to Rs
2,000 or both.
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
Wearing Seatbelts and Helmets is not only
Mandatory but also Necessary

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
 What needs to be done?

Refreshment parlors should be made

available at every  50 / 100 k.m. on
highways. Truck and Heavy vehicle
drivers should get refreshed during
night travel. Maintaining a logbook for
monitoring their sleeping and working
hours should be made compulsory.

Tamper proof speed controllers

should be made mandatory for
all heavy vehicles.

INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP
Low cost Anti
drowsy gadgets can
be developed to Video cameras should be
alert the driver, installed at regular
when the driver intervals on highways
and should be centrally
begins to sleep. monitored.
INDIAN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
An Initiative of IIT Delhi and TRIPP