By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCoRS) has urged the federal government to take applicable steps to make sure that street accidents within the state are decreased. As a part of it, the committee has directed the state authorities to offer the police with applicable tools or gadgets for detecting drug or liquor content material in blood if the drivers are discovered inebriated throughout automobile inspection.
The committee additionally proposed the motor autos division impose fines or penalties for the violations as specified within the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act in order that these act as a serious deterrent. The SCoRS gave the ideas and directions in a evaluation assembly with the street security state of affairs in Kerala with heads of the departments involved right here final Thursday.
The committee comprising chairman Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and authorized advisor Harshit Khander reviewed the present street security state of affairs and progress made by the state in making certain security. The committee additionally in contrast the accident charge prevailing in Kerala with that of the nationwide and worldwide common.
Justice Sapre identified varied causes of accidents such because the accidents occurring on account of human errors like rushing, overtaking, harmful driving, drunken driving, driving on the incorrect facet, use of cellphones whereas driving and non-human errors equivalent to poor situation of roads and mechanical circumstances of autos. He expressed concern over the street fatalities due to not sporting security gear, potholes, and on bridges, culverts and development websites. He additionally quantified the accidents that occurred alongside straight and curved roads and alongside steep grades.
The division emphasised its ‘Vision Zero Fatality Targets’ for which steady street security consciousness and school-centred street security advocacy programmes shall be carried out all year long.
