Washington Post: India's roads are among the deadliest in the world. Can new laws tame drivers? (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/will-new-safety-laws-tame-indias-deadly-roads/2015/05/21/5bd4de54-fa4d-11e4-a47c-e56f4db884ed_story.html)
QuoteCHENNAI, India – When it opened in 2001, the East Coast Road in southern India gave drivers a smooth, modern link to coastal resorts and an open stretch of highway to gun their engines on weekends.
QuoteThe 425-mile road also is a glaring example of why, with just 1 percent of the world's automobiles, India accounts for 15 percent of global traffic deaths, according to the World Bank.
QuoteIn 2013, there were 174 accidents on the East Coast Road, and 24 people died. So many men from the villages flanking the road have been run over by speeding vehicles and drunk drivers in the past decade that their bereaved wives are called "ECR widows."
Although automobile ownership is low in India, many people ride mopeds and motorcycles. I don't know about India, but the motorcycle fatality rate per 1 billion kilometers is 38 times higher than the passenger car fatality rate in the Netherlands.
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Well the problem here is very bad drivers.
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on June 05, 2015, 06:22:59 PM
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Well the problem here is very bad drivers.
Compared to your recent 6 year bump, this isn't bad.
If we had a Star Trek replicator, I'd give everyone in India and Pakistan a Dodge Hellcat. That'll take care of them without the fallout which comes from the use of nukes...LOL!
Rick