Teach and Reach a Collaborative Approach Towards Road Safety in India
- By Admin
- 28-08-2023
In the twenty-first century, road accidents are a major source of
concern for society, with the rate of "accidental deaths" per lakh
people falling to 27.7 in 2020, down from 31.4 the previous year.
According to the NCRB, which is part of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, India had 3,54,796 road accident cases in 2020, with 1,33,201 people killed and 3,35,201 injured.
A lot of measures have been taken by the government to protect the
citizens from road accidents and save their life.
These measures include the formulation of a number of enforcement
measures and strict fine for the violation of the traffic rules but rather than
working on the ground at the grass root level the more emphasis is being given
on the level of the formation of laws and enforcement measures.
The problem here is that the people are less aware of the laws and
therefore violate them more often. The concept of 4E’s has been formulated by
the government to promote the road safety in India where the E’s stand for
Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Care.
Out of all these 4 E’s I believe that the education is the most
important one because we can only overcome this menace by educating the people.
The goal of road safety education, training, and encouragement is to
teach all road users how to use roads properly and safely in order to modify
user attitudes and behaviour and raise awareness of the need for improvement.
To assist reduce and prevent traffic collisions, road users must adjust
their behaviour. This can be achieved in part through education, training,
publicity, and promotion programmes.
Because the number of people exposed will be a small proportion of
overall road users, the immediate impact of education on crash reduction is
usually limited.
It is intended that over time, persistent road safety instruction and
encouragement would result in significant behavioral changes (from the cradle
to the grave), resulting in a reduction in the number of collisions and
casualties.
