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(eae lane see (ae lene sie > EXPANSION OF RD NETWORK, MOTORISATION AND RISING POPULATION OF COUNTRY. > INCREASE IN NUMBER OF RD ACCIDENTS, LEADING ‘TO INJURIES AND FATALITIES, > RD ACCIDENTS ARE A HUMAN TRADEGY WHICH INVOLVE HIGH HUMAN SUFFERING. > IMPOSE HUGE SOCIO-ECONOMIC COST IN TERMS OF UNTIMELY DEATHS, INJURIES AND LOSS OF POTENTIAL INCOME. > THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE RD ACCIDENTS CAN BE COLOSSAL AND ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT IS FELT NOT ONLY ‘ON INDIVIDUAL, THEIR HEALTH AND WELFARE, BUT ALSO ‘ON THE ECONOMY. > THEREFORE RO SAFETY HAS BECOME AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL CONCERN. TO ACQUAINT THE CADETS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ‘CONTROL ORG AND ANTI DRUNKEN DRIVING > PART-1 : TRAFFIC CONTROL ORG > PART-II: ANTI DRUNKEN DRIVING (eae lene sie e (ae lene see Ld TRAFFIC CONTROLORG | ME TRAFIC POLICE CARRIES OUT THE WG TAKS: 7 MOMTAND REGULATION OF ALL TRAFIC. «OPEMNGICLOSING OF ROS DUE TO MOVE OF iP on oan on aceDenTs oN ENGURAG PROPER MARKIG AND PLACEMENT OF w CHECKING. OF VEN FOR OVERLOADING oF + MANNING OF RD INTERSECTIONS, ONE WAY ROUTES AND CHECK POSTS. + MANNING EMERGENCY VANS. + INVESTIGATION OF RD ACCIDENTS, MAKING OF ACCIDENT REPORTS AND EVACUATION OF INJURED TO THE HOSP. + CLEARING OF RD BLOCKAGES DUE TO ACCIDENTS OR ANY OTHER REASON. + EDUCATING GENERAL PUBLIC ON ROAD SAFETY RULES. + CONDUCT OF RD SAFETY SEMINARS OR TRAINING. + SPEED MONITORING DETS. > ENTIRE TRAFFIC IN ANY TOWN OR CITY CONTROLLED BY THE DY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (TRAFFIC) > ASSISTED BY VARIOUS ASST COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (ACPs), > FURTHER ASSISTED BY :- + INSPECTORS + SUB INSPECTORS(SIs) + ASSTSUB INSPECTORS (ASIs) + HEAD CONSTABLES + CONSTABLES THE STR DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE OF THE CITY OR TOWN AND TRAFFIC TO BE MANAGED. > FOR THE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC THE CITY OR TOWN IS DIVIDED INTO *Z’ AND Dis. > EACH ‘2’ IS UNDER AN ACP AND DIV UNDER AN INSPECTOR. > IN ADDN, THERE IS A CONTROL ROOM WHICH MONITORS | ALL TRAFFIC CAMERAS AND ‘COMMUNICATION. > AN ACT OF DRUNK DRIVING CAN BE DESCRIBED AS DRIVING A VEH UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. DRUNKEN DRIVING IS AN OFFENCE IN INDIA JUST LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. THE AIM OF MAKING IT AN OFFENCE UNDER LAW IS TO IMPROVE RD SAFETY BY REDUCING ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES DUE TO DRIVER'S FAULT. ALMOST 78% OF ACCIDENTS ON INDIAN RDS ARE ‘CAUSED DUE TO DRIVER'S FAULT, ALMOST 39% OF CASUALITIES ARE CAUSED DUE TO DRUNKEN DRIVING. seman csi e [AS PER THE DEPARTMENT OF RD TPT AND HIGHWAYS, IN 2011, THERE WERE 4,92,686 ACCIDENTS IN INDIA WHICH RESULTED IN 5,27,512 DEATHS AND 5,11, 394 PERS WOUNDED. DRIVERS FAULT RESULTED IN NEARLY 78% OF THESE ACCIDENTS, THE DRUNKEN DRIVING RESULTED IN 31,000 RD ACCIDENTS AND 9,976 FATALITIES. 8.0% AND 9.9% OF TOTAL ACCIDENTS ARE DUE TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS INTAKE RESPECTIVELY. > MOST COMMON VIOLATERS OF DRUNK DRIVING HAVE. BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UNDER:- + PEOPLE BETWEEN 16 - 25 YRS OF AGE MOST TRUCK DRIVERS MOST PEOPLE RETURNING FROM PUBS/PARTIES. AFTER NEW YEAR PARTIES OR HOL! CELEBRATION Ms ving il, > IN INDIA, WHILE DRIVING IF A PERSON IS DETECTED HAVING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAG) EXCEEDING 30MG OF INTAKE PER 100ML OF BLOOD WITH BREATHALYSER, HEISHE IS BOOKED UNDER “FIRST OFFENCE” THIS MAY CONSIST OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM, WHICH MAY EXTEND UPTO 6 MONTHS OR WITH A FINE UPTO 2000 RUPEES OR BOTH. FOR SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE, IF COMMITTED WITHIN 3 YRS OF COMMISSION OF FIRST (OFFENCE, HE/SHE WILL FACE AN IMPRISONMENT OF A ‘TERM, WHICH MAY EXTEND UPTO 3 YRS OR WITH FINE WHICH MAY EXTEND UPTO 3000 RUPEES OR BOTH. (oeaeiar Mesa > FWG MEASURES CAN PREVENT DEATHS / ACCIDENTS. DUE TO DRUNK DRIVING:- DON'T DRIVE AFTER DRINKS UNDER ANY ‘CIRCUMSTANCES. STRICT CHECKING AND PENALTY BY POLICE, CHANGE OF LAW TO MAKE IT"MORE SERIOUS OFFENCE. REPORT CASES OF DRUNK DRIVING TO POLICE

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