Summary:
Road engineering has to meet the reality of life in India where the road cuts through villages,” Additional DG, Road Safety, Sandeep Shandilya said citing a number of accidents on Outer Ring Road. more-inThe Regional Conference on Road Safety in Hyderabad saw heated debate and arguments on smooth and safe flow of traffic among the various stake holders. “There is a flaw in thinking about road engineering when we allow people to cross the road and have medians which turn into blind spots in curves. The workshop is part of a national consultative meeting to evolve a safety code for the country to reduce accidents. Unless we link the mobile number with vehicle registration, this will not change,” said a stakeholder at the meeting..