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ROAD SAFETY
• Motor Vehicles Driving
Regulations
• The vehicle to be driven in
question. DRIVER TRAINING IS NOT
• The driver (himself or herself) JUST ABOUT ACQUIRING
• Current road usage patterns SKILLS BUT ALSO ABOUT
• Type of violations being HUMAN FACTORS THAT
committed on our roads CAN AFFECT DRIVING
• Understanding of the “Right & BEHAVIOUR. SAFE
Responsibility of Way” DRIVING DEPENDS UPON
• Causative factors of road traffic WHAT IS HAPPENING
crashes.
AROUND THE DRIVER
Although all types of road users AND HIS/HER ABILITY
are at risk of being injured or killed
in a road traffic crash, there are TO SAFELY PERCEIVE
prominent differences in fatality rates THE ENVIRONMENT,
between different road user groups. MANOEUVRE AND
In particular, the “vulnerable” road
users such as pedestrians and two- CONTROL THE SPEED
wheeler riders are at a higher risk OF THE VEHICLE IN
than four- wheelers occupants. RELATION TO THE MIXED
The responsibility for adherence TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
of road traffic legislation is
restricted to motor vehicles above AND OTHER POTENTIAL
50cc. And all the non-motorised HAZARDS AROUND.
Such systems have undermined traffic, including bicycles,
the basic requirement of the rickshaws and scooties less than
licensing officer to evaluate 50cc capacity are not governed by
drivers in defensive driving, their the law. Major indiscipline on our
understanding of legislation roads is created by the e-rickshaws,
etc. in other words, the focus whose drivers need training.
is on skills rather than wisdom The three essential of India, and in association with the
resulting in growing number of competencies forming the United Nations Economic and Social
traffic violations, road deaths, foundations of safe driving Commission for Asia and the Pacific
road rage and a fall of road user are knowledge & skills to drive (UNESCAP) and the United Nations
character. safely, understanding factors Economic Commission for Europe
One can observe that the Indian that increase the risk of collision, (UNECE) in December 2023 at its
drivers manipulate and manoeuvre and the ability to accurately College of Traffic Management.
in all types of traffic conditions. assess drivers’ and road users’ The deliberations of this initiative
There is a complete vacuum in the behaviours. Training under cantered on the critical themes of
domain of driver training. guided and approved supervision the safety of vulnerable road users;
is the best option for achieving driver training and certification; and
Therefore, the curriculum for these competencies. multidisciplinary crash investigation.
training drivers of any type of
vehicles should be based upon: IRTE organised the Launching Discussions were held on whether
Event and Working Session of the Powered two wheelers should be
• The type of road environment, Global Road Safety Initiative, in segregated from heavier and faster
and traffic engineering of our partnership with the Ministry of Road vehicles. Based upon the successful
roads Transport & Highways, Government implementation of segregated
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