Mandatory Airbags and ABS is a welcome move. Oh! what will happen to the Nano? It may become NANO MAXI
Can the govt. please please mandate auto head light dippers? It will make a significant difference to safety.
Speed warning system is a waste of time. BLR MERU airport taxis have a 80 kmph speed warning system which the drivers hate - I have often heard swearing when the robotic female voice alert comes on.The only reason the drivers heed the warning is because the data is logged and monitored by MERU HQ. [In this instance, Ghost of the kicks listening to the female talk due to big danda at backend]
Private car drivers will have no such disincentive, SHQ will shout - my poor baby/baba is getting disturbed by the warning -
kuch karo. Harried husband fearing loss of "fringe benefits" will drive to MARUTHI MOTAR GARAGE etc who by now will have a new and profitable business division to de-activate speed warning systems.
The only way a speed warning system might work is if the
sarkar mandates a tamper proof device impervious to the innate genius of MARUTHI MOTAR, with speed and location logging (essentially record your sins so to speak) which the police can interrogate using a scanner at any time for say 30 days. This will be an effective deterrent but involves forward thinking and innovation.
Even better, real time logging into a
sarkari database with Data lakes, streams and rivers providing on the fly personalised analytics with real time deduction from your Platinum credit card. Start your journey with a full credit card balance, reach your destination with card maxed out and
lieson (Licence) cancelled. See if this does not fix behaviour over night. Don't see it happening. ISRO can prioritise a special satellite for this purpose - maybe call it FINESAT or even better ASSFORGED (
Advanced
Satellite
System
FOr
Reduction of
Gov
Ernment
Deficit]. The latter name will also accurately describe the state of the errant drivers once the system locks onto them.
On the Sydney - Melbourne HUME Highway since motorists knew the location of fixed speed cameras they would slow down just before the camera and speed afterwards.
Sarkar then installed averaging speed cameras so now one can't speed between the cameras because they calculate your average speed between the cameras.
Right now, this stuff is too advanced for us. It means standardised licence plates fonts and sizes, a reliable address database where fines can be sent, a punitive follow up mechanism if challans are ignored (as they will be) and a graduated escalation in suspension of govt. services if the fine is not paid.
Oz has compulsory voting, I missed a local election due to my extended travels. Since the govt received no responses to their fine challans ($55) from me, after a period of time, I started receiving letters from govt. bodies that they have suspended doing business from me until this matter gets resolved. e.g. I couldn't register my car, which means I can't drive it, which means I can't function any more.
All for 1 vote - my vote. When essential govt. services start becoming unavailable, compliance quickly follows
It is the duty of the state to ensure that, within the law, its writ prevails each time, unambiguously and must follow through to the end for the sake of the people who are doing the right thing.
Can we also mandate inclusion of seat belts for all and no horns to be installed by manufactures. Horns are from an bygone era and only make the chap creating the racket feel better and everybody else feel worse. Our desi bovines have also have evolved to the point where a compressed air horn from a TATA LPT lorry has absolutely no effect. They just look back at you and munch away, just like the pedestrians.
Anyway, ABS and Airbags are a good move and welcome.