| As the population of our country dramatically | | | | behaviour.Highways themselves cause a large |
| increases and the number of vehicles on the | | | | number of accidents in India today. Driving at night |
| nation's roads and highways skyrockets, new | | | | along highways that are poorly lit and which has a |
| methods of traffic control and organization have | | | | regular stream of traffic without any speed limits, |
| become necessary, by utilising new methods of | | | | causes severe damage to both life and property. |
| transportation or by revising the current system. | | | | Despite this, the government has failed to |
| However, traveling in India is almost an | | | | increase the number of roads and highways |
| hallucinatory mixture of sound and sight. It might | | | | proportional to the extraordinary increase of |
| sound hilarious, but when you are on the road, its | | | | vehicles on the road. Hazards to the environment |
| extremely dangerous. Most Indian road users | | | | also prove the necessity for more worthwhile |
| observe an ancient road code, which accounts for | | | | methods of traffic administration. As many more |
| majority of road accidents which often prove | | | | vehicles make use of our metropolitan city roads, |
| fatal.In the last 5 years, the number of vehicles | | | | the amount of poisonous hydrocarbons released |
| on our roads has increased manifold and to add | | | | into the atmosphere steadily increases. On the |
| to this we have to give way to cows, elephants, | | | | average, one out of every four Indians has |
| buffalos, ox-carts, pigs, auto-rickshaws, pedal | | | | problems breathing during the peak summer |
| rickshaws, goats, bicycles, handcarts, dogs not | | | | months due to the excess of smog in the |
| forgetting the casual pedestrian too. Cars and | | | | atmosphere. Studies have shown that automobiles |
| other vehicles cause an enormous expense to our | | | | produce the majority of this smog. Even though |
| society and these expenses are mainly due to | | | | emission standards have become more rigid and |
| traffic accidents, traffic jams, and the | | | | the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has |
| environmental hazards created by the large | | | | been introduced, no significant change has been |
| number of vehicles on our roads. Traffic accidents | | | | observed in the reduction of environment |
| account for one of the major reasons that the | | | | pollution.Further, noise pollution from the large |
| current techniques of traffic control need | | | | number of automobiles on the roads also |
| revision.Then there is the Accident risk, which | | | | contributes to the devastation of the |
| means - the chance of injury to yourself or | | | | environment. Despite the many problems that |
| others and the chance of damage to vehicles and | | | | exist with the present systems of transportation |
| property. Therefore, following the basic signs, | | | | and traffic control, numerous solutions exist that |
| signals and rules of driving can avoid this risk. One | | | | provide both efficiency and effectiveness. These |
| huge risk though, is to be under the influence of | | | | include formulating new methods of |
| an illegal substance or drug while driving and | | | | transportation, developing better traffic signaling |
| nothing has been done so far to stem this | | | | and controlling equipment, and utilising better |
| problem. The most important safety tip to reduce | | | | techniques of highway design and |
| pedestrian injuries and fatalities is to pay attention. | | | | construction.Designing new types of transit |
| The chances of being in a collision with a motor | | | | provides one of the most obvious and efficient |
| vehicle can significantly be reduced by obeying | | | | approaches of improving traffic management. In |
| traffic rules and being aware of the dangers | | | | today's society, mass rail transit exists as one of |
| posed by vehicles in your vicinity. Both drivers and | | | | the most efficient and quickly developing |
| pedestrians have certain safety responsibilities | | | | techniques of enhancing the current transportation |
| that depend both on circumstances and common | | | | system. Many moderate to large sized cities |
| sense.Apart from this, traffic jams, along with | | | | currently offer some kind of rail transit, whether |
| broken cars and the lack of alternate routes, | | | | it be a subway or elevated system, and most of |
| account for one half of the traffic congestion. | | | | them are well-used. This could possibly be the |
| Although the number of traffic accidents has | | | | answer to solving our traffic problems too.On the |
| slowly decreased over the past several years due | | | | other side of the spectrum, however, many new |
| to various projects that have been instituted, like | | | | and exciting forms of technologically advanced rail |
| flyovers and the ongoing Delhi Metro Project(i.e., | | | | transit are currently in development. A MAGLEV |
| with reference to the traffic control in Delhi),the | | | | train, or Magnetic levitation train, has recently |
| number is still alarmingly high. Majority of deaths | | | | been introduced into the transportation world. |
| occur due to traffic accidents alone. In addition, | | | | Driven by powerful electromagnets, this train |
| traffic jams also demonstrate the need for better | | | | levitates several inches above the track. This |
| methods of traffic management. Due to both the | | | | reduction in friction allows the train to reach |
| increase of women in the work force and the | | | | speeds upto 300 miles per hour. The introduction |
| expansion of businesses to the suburbs, traffic | | | | of this train in India would solve our traffic |
| jams have increased dramatically over the past | | | | problems considerably. However, this does not |
| few years. As a consequence of these traffic | | | | seem possible in the near future. |
| jams, the population gets delayed in reaching their | | | | In addition to rail transportation, buses represent |
| work spots which creates further worry and | | | | not necessarily a new transportation method, but |
| confusion. Another negative factor is that, drivers, | | | | certainly one that can be taken advantage of and |
| while waiting in their cars during traffic jams, | | | | utilized to its fullest potential. One of the major |
| waste gallons of gasoline, which contributes to | | | | advantages that buses have over rail transit is |
| further environmental hazards.Road crashes are | | | | that buses can take their passengers wherever |
| another major and growing cause of death and | | | | they want to go, and routes can easily be |
| injury mainly to children. Twice as many | | | | Changed.At present, despite adopting new |
| pedestrians are killed in road crashes in | | | | methods of transit, there is no particular lane |
| industrializing countries than in industrialized | | | | discipline, since traffic entering a road from the |
| countries. School children are the victims of a high | | | | left has priority, so has traffic from the right, and |
| proportion of these crashes. It is therefore | | | | also traffic from the middle and therefore, Indian |
| important that children receive road safety | | | | traffic at all times and irrespective of direction of |
| education as part of their curriculum. Younger | | | | travel occupy the centre of the road. Modifying |
| children are not aware of the concept of danger | | | | the current techniques of traffic control may |
| and must learn to realize the dangers inherent in | | | | exist as another solution to the unruly traffic |
| the road environment. Education should, therefore, | | | | problem, and another way to improve the current |
| be based on practical training in a realistic road | | | | methods of transit is by optimizing better traffic |
| environment such as training in crossing streets, | | | | signaling and controlling equipment. |
| crossing parked vehicles and crossing at | | | | Using better techniques of road development and |
| intersections. Parental involvement is invaluable to | | | | construction also accounts for part of the effort |
| model and reinforce road safety | | | | to modify current traffic control methods. |