There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in India. One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on Indian roads every hour. Indeed, these statistics are alarming. But thanks to the government that it has started to take steps necessary to ensure that Indian drivers reach home safe and sound.
The government is likely to make overspending alarm system mandatory in all cars. This system is made to make you cautious in case you cross the high speed mark.
In case your vehicle crosses the 80 kmph mark the system will make sounds of beeps alerting the driver. And when the speed crosses 90 kmph the system would beep continuously to alert both the driver and the co passenger.
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has approved the decision and the file is waiting an approval from other authorities. the process should be finished in a fortnight.
Added to this the ministry is also likely to install more cameras on the highways to ensure strict rules and regulations are followed, and have already made airbags a mandatory safety feature in all the cars.
The proposed Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 proposes hefty penalties for violation of traffic norms including penalties in the range of Rs 1,000-Rs 4,000 for overspending.
The government is committed to make India roads safer and are working aggressively over it. It is working on improving the chassis structure of the automobiles, safety features, license tests and a lot more.
