Roads or killing Fields?

[Malika.Munjal]

India has one of the largest road networks in the world, consisting of national highways,district roads, State highways, village roads etc. The motor vehicle population has recorded a significant growth over the years.

At the same time, according to Maruti Suzuki weblog, more than 1,00,000 Indians are dying every year in road accidents!
When roads are becoming killing fields, shouldn't we act?

 

[shivibhanot]

Below is a classic (appalling) case of closing the stable door. A signal-controlled junction in East Boldon near Sunderland has claimed another life (12 personal injury "accidents" in the last decade). Instead of removing the source of the danger - traffic lights based on directional priority - now they want red-light cameras. Accidents like these are not accidents. They are events contrived by the misguided rules and design of the road. The real culprits are traffic managers and policymakers who engineer killing-fields where people have to compete for gaps and green time. Remove priority, and you remove the "need" for lights and the need for speed, enabling everyone to approach carefully and filter sociably. See Blackspot set to get safety camera - Local News - Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette