Kanpur: In a meeting related to road safety with district officials, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre ( retd.), chairman, Supreme Court committee expressed grave concern on road accidentsand deaths in India directed that effective enforcement action must be taken in all road safety related cases including drunk driving, overspeeding, use of mobile phone while driving, overloading etc.He also directed officials to check driving licenses of drivers and mandate the use of helmets and seat belts while driving. More and more people should be made aware of the standards related to road safety.Earlier justice Sapre apprised that district Kanpur was on top in road accidents in the year 2022. India ranks first in the world in the number of deaths due to road accidents and Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the country. At present, there has been some decline in number of deaths due to road accidents in the city. tnnWe also published the following articles recentlyPunjab: Five killed in road accident in MogaFive people were killed in a car accident in Moga district in Punjab. The car collided with a truck on the Moga-Amritsar highway due to foggy conditions. The bodies of the victims, who have not yet been identified, were taken to Moga civil hospital. The police are investigating the incident.Unlicensed AP drivers involved in over 2,600 road accidentsA total of 2,621 road accidents in Andhra Pradesh in 2022 involved drivers without a license, while in 3,115 accidents, the license details of the drivers were not known. Additionally, 719 accidents involved drivers with a learners license. One-third of road accidents in the state are caused by drivers without a license or drivers with or without a license involved in hit-and-run cases. Experts suggest imposing hefty fines for driving without a license and insurance, as well as providing better training and testing opportunities for drivers.Googles other maps app will tell you about roads which are accidents proneGoogles navigation app Waze is introducing a new feature that warns drivers of roads with a history of crashes. The app collects data from its community of users, recording the location of accidents and identifying high-risk roads. When a driver approaches a crash-prone road, Waze will display a pop-up notification with information on the number of crashes that have occurred in the past year. Google plans to use AI and reports from the Waze community to inform users about potential hazards on their routes. It is unclear whether this feature will be implemented in Google Maps as well.

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