This country is of road accidents.

road accidents Who would be unaware of the danger of If I talk about estimation, a teenager who is conscious, becomes a witness to a road accident every month or keeps hearing about his friend, close friend getting into a road accident.
Leave aside the matter of newspapers and television, if you start reading the news of accidents happening every day in them, you will say that this country is full of road accidents.
Be it a city or a village, everywhere you will find minors driving at high speed, who do not have proper knowledge of traffic rules, then they do not have the mindset to understand how much damage can be caused by an accident.
You may blame the government or their parents for this situation, but the truth is that the whole society is directly or indirectly becoming a partner in this crime. If you look at the figures, every minute a road accident is witnessed in India. Similarly, every year about 5 lakh people have an accident in which about 1.5 lakh people die. You may not believe it, but unfortunately our country has occupied the first number in the whole world in terms of road accidents.
If we look at the main causes of road accidents, then the situation appears grim. Statistics say that 77 percent of road accidents happen due to the fault of the drivers. The meaning is clear that people here do not know how to drive and even if they know, then they do not have knowledge of traffic rules.
Breaking traffic rules has become like our birthright. Whatever the case may be, nothing new drivers can enjoy as much as speeding out of a red light.
Wearing such a helmet seems against people’s dignity. On the other hand, when an accident happens, people are seen repenting while suffering disability and suffering for the rest of their lives. Similarly, 1.5 percent accidents happen due to defects in the roads.
Our sick system does build roads, but once that road is broken, it does not consider it necessary to repair it. As a result, potholes of one and a half to two feet are formed on the roads.
During the rainy season, the roads get flooded and we cannot even pass through that road. The situation becomes more critical when overloaded and high speed vehicles ply on these roads. It is natural for accidents to happen.
In this episode, if we talk about the violation and punishment of traffic rules, then according to the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2019, there are strict provisions for it. Means, if you drive without a driving license or if a person below the age of 18 years drives a vehicle, then in both these circumstances, imprisonment of 3 months or a fine of Rs 5000 or both has to be punished, but the question is whether it Who believes? People get away with paying fines and the long arm of the law falls short.
Similarly, there is a provision for a fine of up to Rs 10,000 for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but the reality is that instead of paying a fine of Rs 10,000, people get away with a bribe of Rs 1,000.
It is obvious that corruption also has an important role in road accidents. If we talk about hit and run cases, there is talk of giving compensation of two lakh rupees for this, but when nothing happened in Salman’s hit and run, then from where the common man is going to get justice. There are many laws here but the big question is who will implement them? For example, there is a provision of suspension of license for three months with a fine of Rs 1,000 for driving a vehicle without a helmet, but even after a lot of strictness in a metropolis like Delhi, people drive without helmets and without seat belts easily. can see. In this episode, if we talk about making a driving license, then the rules and regulations are very strong for this, but even after this, getting a driving license is a very easy task.
Wherever you are, go outside the licensing authority in any city and meet the broker, your driving license will be made 100% even if you don’t know about the gear and clutch of the car.
Normally, licenses are issued only after driving test and interview, but it can be estimated that in our great country India, 99 percent licenses are issued without following the rule.
When such license holders drive on the road, how can accidents be avoided? Someone has rightly said, India trusts Ram. Especially in the case of road accidents, this line fits perfectly. According to an estimate, 15 million driving licenses are issued annually in our country, while the number of offices issuing them is less than one thousand. Obviously, the one who has the car here is the driver. Many people take the driving license on the neighbor’s car only, then many get the driving license made and keep it for their born children as well. As far as the rules are concerned, everyone knows them, but how many follow them? This is the main thing in the matter of road accidents and without dealing with it the matter will remain as it is, there is no doubt about it.
Mithilesh Kumar Singh