Better Behaviour Backed With Technology Can Ensure Better Road Safety: Experts

The platform introduced a traffic quality index (TQI) similar to AQI to monitor the improvements objectively. He proposed technology -based impulses such as cars that do not start unless the seat belts were wears and accelerated warnings. “We need technology for road safety. But despite everything else, we need to change people’s view of road safety,” he said.

During a panel discussion on the outcome day of the two -day summit organized by Hyderabad Police and Haydarabad City Security Council (HCSC), policy makers, experts and industrial leaders discussed road safety difficulties and solutions.

A participant manages to punish only 10 percent of violations despite the serious implementation of the traffic police, while countries like Canada are more strict penalties, including vehicles. The city police commissioner CV Anand said: “In a country like Canada, it is almost impossible to put pressure on heavy Challans like 3 Lakh.

Akhilesh Srivastava, a Transportation Specialist, who played an important role in Fastag presentation, said that India has 36 Crore vehicles, including 24 Crore two -wheeled, globally. Authorized, approximately 80 percent of accidents, helmets or seat belts accelerated, drunk driving and use of behavioral factors such as the use of behavioral factors, he said. “Awareness campaigns alone have a 6 percent impact. We cannot expect decimal years for cultural change. Islands, collision warnings and technology -oriented interventions such as real -time monitoring can prevent accidents immediately.”

He talked about the safe driving score pilots, where drivers were financially rewarded for safe habits. “Adoption increased from 10,000 to 50,000 and 62 percent continued safer. India’s youth, WhatsApp and Youtube, should use digital impulse to quickly change behavior,” he added.

Former IAS Officer and Sarvejana Foundation President B. Janardhana Reddy, while talking about personal experiences, stressed that “self-tendering is much stronger than execution”. He said that India recorded 4.8 Lakh accident and 1.7 lakh death in 2022 and recorded two-thirds of the victims aged 18-34 years. “If the helmets and seat belts were used, at least 70,000 deaths could be prevented,” he said.

He called the jump of red light as “equivalent to suicide bombing, and said that deterrence weakened with periodic Challan waiver. Instead, he asked for the participation of great youth through school programs, exams and voluntary drivers. “We should target 15 Lakh school for behavioral transformation, a Crore teacher and 32 crore child. Children can even correct the behavior of their parents, as seen in other countries,” he said.

IIIT from Hyderabad. Kavita Vemuri emphasized the risks caused by two -wheeled driving molds and bad road design. “Two -wheel riders use path optimization by squeezing each gap that increases the risk.