Tag: Road Accident
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Driver fatigue detection devices
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the mandatory installation of driver fatigue and sleep detection devices in trucks to improve road safety in India. He highlighted that many truck drivers in the country operate for up to 15 to 18 hours at a stretch, significantly increasing the risk of accidents. Sixty…
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A Mechanism for Generation of Road Safety Fund
This study aims at developing mechanisms to generate fund for road safety improvement with a case study of Kerala state. As there is no mechanism available to assess the fund requirement for road safety improvement, a rationale was developed by studying the road safety Investment pattern of London. The relation between expenditure towards road safety…