The traffic in India

The Traffic in India.

Let me start with this crazy little clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

Pretty scary right? But if you get a rapidly developing country with double the population of Europe, and more cars than people in Spain, and put them on vastly underdeveloped roads, there is bound to be a lot of trouble. This is further worsened, by the indifferent car driving schools, which are willing to give licenses for a small bribe. In fact, I have plenty of friends that drive without ever even visiting a school. This is mostly because the fines and stuff are just not scary enough to make anyone think twice. All this adds up to India being probably one of the most unsafe countries to drive your car in.

Let me give you some stats:

• India accounts for around 10% of worldwide road accident fatalities WORLDWIDE
• Around 1,275,000 people are fatally injured every year on the roads.
• 14 people per hour die on the roads everyday

These are pretty horrifying stats and to realize that this can easily be prevented by simply raising awareness and making laws more strict all these lives could be saved. This is pretty serious stuff and with the explosion in car sales its more important than ever to be more aware.

Mithrandir