Sir, According to the Rules of Road Regulations, Section 118 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), all the drivers of motor vehicles shall slow down when they approach a road junction, pedestrian crossing or a road corner and shall not enter any such intersection, junction or crossing until they become aware that…
Sir, Nowadays it is very common to see violation of one-way rule on city roads. It is also seen on prominent and busy roads at the city centre, even at night times. One-way rule is imposed to avoid inconvenience to road-users, especially vehicles, when the road is very narrow and the sign boards are also…
Sir, This is in response to the letter by Raghu on questioning the existence of zebra crossings in the city and ignoring red traffic signals by many vehicle-users (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 22). As per my observation, vehicle-users are not stopping on red signal because they are not observing (seeing) the traffic signals. Instead…
Sir, A number of letters have appeared in Star of Mysore regarding rampant traffic violations in the city. What is intriguing is the silence on the part of the authorities concerned. The cops and home guards are lax in their duties. They will always be busy on their mobile phones. Majority of the home guards…
An Awareness programme on Traffic awareness was held under the aegis of the Students Association for Road Safety at DAV Public School, J.P. Nagar recently. The members of Mysore Traffic Warden Organisation, along with the KR Traffic Police, conducted the programme. Speaking to the students, Dy. Chief Traffic Warden Subramanyam advised the students to ride…
The governments both at the Centre and in the States across the country have rightly evinced concerns about safety of people moving about in motorised vehicles of various designs and carrying capacities in cities and across the cities as well as the connecting villages. The authorities chose the hard option of promulgating the helmet- rule…
Sir, Apropos a series of letters which are painful to read regarding traffic violations ‘Even foreign students don’t fear Indian Laws or its Lawmen!’ (Star of Mysore dated Feb. 4), teachers, elders and the Police are there to enforce the law sometimes (if necessary) through force, punishment or fines, to make the society disciplined. This…
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