Lawxy conducted its third annual workshop on road safety on 30 November and 1st December 2018 at National Law University, Delhi. The workshop forms part of the World Health Organization's Legal Development Programme (WHO LDP) which aims to train young professionals on legal and policy aspects of road safety. The LDP has drafted legal and policy recommendations on
In a workshop on road safety organised by Lawxy E-ventures recently, experts working on road safety issues across the country concluded that road crashes are preventable. India is witnessing over 150,000 deaths in road traffic crashes every year or approximately 400 lives per day and in just last ten years it has lost more than
Lawxy organised a workshop on Road Safety this week at the National Law University, Delhi which saw discussions around the Safe Systems Approach, sub-standard road design and safe mobility. Explaining the Safe Systems approach, Vishwam Jindal, Project Core Team, LDP India, mentioned, "Safe Systems is based on the basic premise that human error is inevitable
Safe Systems’ Approach Vis-à-vis Road Engineering in context of Speed Breakers ‘Safe Systems Approach’ refers to a holistic approach for improving road safety. It recognizes that accidents don’t happen only because of drivers’fault,but are due to numerous factorsthat maybe outside the control of the driver. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to road accidents as
Airbag is an essential technology that is popular world over. However, this technology comes at a cost and in India, we still lag miles behind when it comes to the use of this technology with the general population of our country. There are jurisdictions where it is mandatory for the automobile manufacturers to incorporate the
“Prevention is better than cure.” “Speed thrills but it also kills.” How many times have we heard these road safety slogans but decided to ignore them according to our convenience? The analysis of road accident data 2015 reveals that about 1347 accidents and 400 deaths take place every day on Indian Roads. It further reveals
Ethics, Morality and Road Safety; An Ethical and Moral Analysis of Road Safety Efforts from a Jurisprudential Point of View" AbhijeetRamkrishnaDhere[1] Much said and done, the issue of road safety in India is seen as an unresolvable problem. People have made their minds that fatalities and injuries are inevitable and part and parcel of lifewhich can
The fact that India is notorious the world over for being the road accident capital is well known, but have you ever pondered over the main reasons for the same? Apart from rash driving and disregard for safety norms, it appears that one of the most common causes of road accidents is distraction. Data analyzed
A major precedent in favour of consumer rights on the issue of road safety was created recently when the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled that it is the duty of car manufacturers to remove defects in vehicles. A customer, who had purchased an Alto LX 800 car in 2003, filed a complaint against Maruti
After studying over 12,000 kms of state and national highways in several states, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) wants to assess accident-prone roads in India. iRAP runs several road assessment programmes all over the world and provides crucial data that is used by policy makers to improve road safety mechanisms. "We are working for
