Criminal negligence

murali772 - 29-MAR-2011

Five persons of a family were killed in a head on collision between their SUV and a KSRTC Rajahamsa bus near Kammadatti on the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway in the wee hours of Saturday. An eyewitness, said that construction was underway on the road as part of the four-laning of the National Highway. Traffic was allowed on only one road as the other road was being tarred.

Seat belts optional in Bangalore?

s_yajaman - 1-MAR-2011

 Is the wearing of seat belts optional in Bangalore?  On my recent visits here I find (on a quick check) less than 30% of private car drivers wear seat belts, almost no taxi driver and LCV driver wears one.

BMTC bags Transport Minister's award

ss87 - 8-JAN-2011

BMTC recieves the "Transport Minister's trophy" - and award to silence all the media, press reporters and other people who had biased attitude towards BMTC and had given it the tag "Killer"- It has been given the award for the lowest number of accidents across the Country  among the State Transport Undertakings

Poor show by BMTC drivers

murali772 - 25-DEC-2010

Despite many efforts and initiatives to improve driving skills of drivers of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), results have not matched the expectations. According to data available, this year (till December) 82 people have died in various accidents involving BMTC buses.The number of deaths recorded last year was also 82.

APAD, what next?

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 3-DEC-2010

 So we are ready with following ideas for DDC 

1) Drivewell Day-DWD - In progress

2) Stick It to Show - SIS  - In progress

Pledge for discipline driving. Stick various messages to display how a pledged driver is dedicated to drive well. 

3) A Picture a Day -APAD - In progress

Links to related blogs

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 1-DEC-2010

 Here is the list of related links for this subject, just for quick reference

Disciplined Drivers Club - Pledge

idontspam - 28-NOV-2010

Commit to these safe and responsible lane driving promises, we will trust you to regulate yourself, and mail you a bumper sticker that you can use to tell the world that you are a safe driver from the Disciplined Driver's Club!

My experiments with lane driving

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 10-NOV-2010

After we saw good inputs on this post , I was really interested how would it really look like if some one practised lane driving. So I have given a try in my own way in Hosur Road, which has now clearly marked 3 lanes from Silk Board to Electronic City.

Should there be two wheeler lanes near signals?

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 5-AUG-2010

I have been driving 2 wheelers for long. And now upgraded to 4 wheeler due to safety concerns. But recently I thought at least there should be 2 wheeler lanes near. I have attached my idea as picture. Yellow line means non-crossing line. This help 2 wheelers to come at front and stand in que. This idea has come to in spite of having knowledge of local driver mentality.

Road safety education drive?

n - 30-AUG-2009

Transport department has begun a good, practical, new (?) initiative to educate young minds on road safety.