Road

Despite being rarely practiced in India, the habit of wearing a seatbelt while travelling in a car is known to have saved lives even during the worst of road accidents.

Workers in toll-booths are subject to driver cruelty quite regularly.

Pune is amongst the first cities in India to implement an advanced driving testing system called the Innovative Driving Testing System (IDTS) - which minimises human intervention.

If you are a minor, and you drive in Hyderabad, your parents will pay.

Countless lives are lost due to road accidents involving speed-breakers each year.

According to an announcement by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the state assembly on Monday, the formulation of the law which will protect a person lending a helping hand to road accident victims is underway.

In India, using a mobile phone while at the wheel, is killing people.

By highlighting every fatal accident spot with a square yellow patch with a red splotch in the center, the objective of the mission is to enforce the concept of safe driving by reminding drivers - they too may end up as another blotch on the road.

Though NHs link major cities and towns through remote locations across the country, hardly any hospitals or ambulance services concentrate on the route, making it very difficult for timely medical help to reach the accident victims.

Lack of proper footpaths, zebra-crossings and a lack of awareness about road etiquette have prompted Indian streets to be a very hazardous place to walk on.