Ashutosh Atray Road Safety Consultant Ace Driving & Road

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Road Safety Initiatives

• Ashutosh Atray
• Road Safety Consultant
• Ace Driving Road Safety Education Pvt Ltd.,
• Navi Mumbai 400703
• Tel [phone]

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Global Concern

• Road safety is a major concern globally. With 1.2
  Mn fatalities it requires major focus.
• India has poor track record as far as road safety
  is concerned with 1.3 lac fatalities 5.5 lac
  grievous injuries in a year.
• Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra UP lead
  with more than 12000 fatalities in a year.
• Rajasthan also record approx. 9000 fatalities in
  a year.
• The concern is growing.

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Agewise analysis of drivers

• Approx. 50 of the drivers are 35 years old or
  less.
• Approx. 12.5 Lac young drivers are added every
  year on Indian roads
• The rate of fatalities of young drivers in
  relatively higher than other drivers in India.

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What can we do to improve the driving skills of
these young drivers ?

• For Example
• Attitude of the Driver about Speed

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Attitude of Driver
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Drivers Attitude

• Rebellious attitude
• Me First Syndrome
• Poor trip planning
• Right of road use
• Assumption of mistakes of other road user
• No knowledge of defensive driving
• Ignorance about vehicle maintenance
  roadworthiness

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Effect on Driving Due to Drivers Attitude

• Driving at a faster speed.
• Lane cutting/ Changing lanes frequently
• Overtaking from wrong side
• Waiving/ yelling /showing displeasure while
  driving.
• Not focusing on road while driving.
• Over confident/ Tentative
• Use of Mobile
• Drunken Driving
• Honking
• Not wearing seat belts/ helmet
• Disregarding the traffic rules road signs

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Effect on Driving Due to Drivers Attitude

• Breaks the rules or at least be a follower while
  braking the rules.
• Believes in super natural power luck
• Willing to break rules at will but is unhappy
  when someone else does so.

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We use the vehicle to go to
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We use the vehicle to go to
About 70 of destinations are such where minor
time difference will NOT make a difference.
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Actionable Points

• Make the driving training mandatory in all the
  educational institutions. Defensive Driving
  curriculum should be part of syllabus for
  secondary education.
• Start state of art driving academy.
• Impart defensive driving lessons at the time of
  license renewal.
• Think differently to groom new drivers.

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Training Academy

• To work in the field of
• Implementation of Road rules
• Traffic management
• Transportation/ traffic analysis
• Research development to minimise the road
  crashes
• Planning commission of various projects related
  to road development safety
• Development of road safety manual various
  publications various other related subjects.
• Work as conduit for implementation of standards
  for driving schools.

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Training Academy

• Institute can offer various courses like
  certification/ diploma in Traffic management,
  Road safety audits safe driving initiatives.
  There could be a huge requirements of such
  consultants in upcoming infrastructure projects
  corporate sector. Even doctoral programs should
  be provided.
• Diploma / Certification in Intelligent Transport
  Systems.
• The programs courses should be supported by
  Transport Department.
• Work with Driving schools to upgrade the driving
  skills road safety knowledge. Work on improving
  the driving attitude. This is in line with world
  wide drivers development initiatives.

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Benefits

• Systematic approach to handle road safety on
  priority. Can channelize the resources
  effectively.
• Creation of road safety professionals having huge
  requirements various infrastructure projects
• Work as single point for all road safety programs
  initiatives.

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Upgrading of Training Schools

• Requirements
• Experienced faculty to handle the young drivers
  effectively
• Classrooms
• Test Track with variable situations
• Library having publications driving literature

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Curriculum

• Must have a robust program with comprehensive
  classroom session with various mock scenarios.
• Simulating the adverse situations to increase the
  anticipation levels
• Develop a comprehensive curriculum for young
  drivers. Aspects which should be highlighted in
  the curriculum are
• Attitude, Skill Behavior to be a safe driver.
• Vision speed effects
• Adverse conditions for driving way to overcome
  it.
• Traffic regulations , Road Signs Markings
• Fatigue Tiredness management

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Curriculum contd

• Night driving precautions
• Monsoon driving
• Highway driving dangers
• Various types of accidents ways to avoid them
• Anticipation concentration
• Right of way
• Following rules regulations while driving
• Correct driving technique
• Vehicle knowledge. Handling the controls
  effectively.
• On the road the effects of such driving
  mistakes should be highlighted to inculcate
  correct habits.
• ( supported by Presentation AV)

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On Road Performance

• There are many aspects of on road assessment
  which we must explain. For example
• Correct use of indicators/ signals
• Following the road signs markings
• Anticipation Concentration
• Synchronization
• Vision movement
• Parking reversing
• Road rage symptoms
• Use of rear view mirrors
• Speed w.r.t traffic, lane driving
• Correct overtaking

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Scope of Driving Schools

• All classes of drivers should be allowed for this
  program. 2W, Car, Heavy drivers ( after
  Obtaining Light Motor license) should be covered
  separately.
• The duration of the program should include
  minimum 40 Hrs of classroom 20 Hrs of on road
  training in different conditions. If the
  performance is not satisfactory, the training
  schedule can be extended accordingly.
• The driving schools opting for these programs
  must be incentivized for providing the training.
• The driving school should be responsible for the
  on road performance of the applicant who has
  passed out.

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Scope of Driving Schools

• Final written test ( to understand the knowledge
  about the road rules, regulations other finer
  aspects) should be conducted by the institute in
  tandem with Transport Department
• Virtaul test on a computer with selection of
  questions on a random basis to avoid any
  malpractice/ cheating. The test should generate
  the certificate automatically.
• Performance of the candidate should be closely
  monitored. The deficiencies should be captured
  to identify the improvement areas.
• Unsuccessful participants should be asked to
  reappear the test in the specific areas where the
  score is not upto the mark.

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Scope of The Driving Schools

• The test conducted should be in camera
  observation.
• A comprehensive format should be developed for on
  road performance test.
• The deficiencies observed should be tabled to
  understand evaluate the performance of the
  participant.
• If the performance is poor/ below the cut off ,
  the participant should be asked to re appear in
  the on road class later on in the test.
• Detailed modalities are available can be worked
  out with mutual consultation.
• License should be issued by the competent
  authority only after the certificates of success
  in classroom on road assessment is available.

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Scope of The Driving Schools

• The training cost for such program could be as
  high as Rs. 10000 per head, a part can be
  subsidized by levying fuel surcharge or insurance
  premium.
• The program require proper classrooms, suitable
  vehicles for on road test most importantly
  quality instructors to run these programs.
• The program needs proper mentoring, follow up
  data collation from the transport department.
• The driving training academy could be the focal
  point for developing such schools grade their
  performance. ( a la coaching classes)

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Benefits

• Young drivers will know the right driving
  technique at the formative stage most
  importantly will help in developing right driving
  attitude
• The participant will value the training as they
  have actually toiled for mastering the driving
  technique.
• Help participant to understand some of the
  underrated topics like anticipation, 2 second
  rule, blind spots, M S M rule, knowledge, right
  of road use, identification of hazards use of
  road signs markings etc., which are generally
  overlooked currently.
• Knowledge of vehicle check, maintenance
  roadworthiness are also understood during the
  program.

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Benefits

• Insurance premium can be linked to such training
  programs
• A fund can be allocated to run fund these
  schools which needs initial support.
• If the granting of the license can be linked to
  performance of the participants in these schools,
  the on road performance should improve with every
  passing year.
• Drivers for license renewal can also participate
  in the similar program.
• The initiative to upgarde the driving skills
  is long over due somewhere it has to be taken
  up from scratch.

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It is never too late to start a good initiative.
The quality of drivers keep refining with every
passing day.

• Fatality rate must reduce as the quality of
  driving has been upgraded.

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Thank You