Road safety in India: could better road safety, vehicle technology and enforcement make driving for work safer?
India has a poor road safety record, and research shows that commercial vehicles are a major contributor to the problem, with trucks estimated to be the single largest vehicle type involved in impacts leading to fatalities. We look at solutions that could make driving for work and the roads in general safer – from in-vehicle technology that warns truck drivers about unsafe behaviour to improving the design features of major highways.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 10 November 2024