Overloading, speeding and drunken driving were the responsible for the most number of road accidents, Additional Director-General of Police T. Krishna Prasad said.
Also, he said most accidents took place on State and National highways and on the Outer Ring Road.
Speaking after releasing a book — ‘Top driver-Car and Bike driving handbook’ — penned by a safety advocate and road safety trainer Naresh Raghvan here on Friday, the senior police officer said that while awareness levels had improved in the past year or two and the number of accidents had come down, much more is needed to be done.
Commenting on the relevance of the book, Mr. Krishna Prasad said that it was a timely and handy book for car and bike drivers.
Good initiative
“It would be a nice addition to various initiatives that we take to make driving safe for drivers and road users,” he said.
Mr. Naresh said the book advocated a bottom-up approach with the base levels one and two forming the absolute foundation of good driving that included driver education, training and practice.
While the first two levels were the responsibility of the driver, levels three, four and five were a part of Government’s responsibility.
Hailing from Hyderabad, Mr. Naresh now shuttles between the United States of America and India. He said his book highlighted the ‘Ideal Pyramid of Road Safety’ and was small enough to fit into a glove box for easy reference in the early days of learning. It was also a good reference for experienced drivers to get clarity on some traffic situations, he said.
Among others who were present were Mohd. Khaleequr Rahman from Youth Against Speed, a voluntary agency and Amer Beg, a professional race car driver and proponent of road safety.
