Bharat Rakshak

Aditya_V wrote: I slow down instinctively on Highways when I catch any chance of some one trying to merge in Indian Highways as many are poor judges of speed and braking.

Karthik S wrote:They want to keep the price of the vehicle down. Small hatchback models with airbags and ABS cost twice that of Alto and basic i10s. That's why safety features are provided in higher models instead of being standard across all trims.

habal wrote: For most cars, the air bags also do not open if impact is from rear.

vayu tuvan wrote:

Aditya_V wrote: I slow down instinctively on Highways when I catch any chance of some one trying to merge in Indian Highways as many are poor judges of speed and braking.

I do the same in the US. Never drove any motorized vehicle in India except a moped for a less than a KM a few times.
Defensive driving is same whether in the US or India. Not only one should avoid mistakes one should watch out for others making them. By being defensive, one avoids an accident. That is the only thing that matters.

SBajwa wrote: always keeping at least 3+ seconds distance between the vehicle in front.

SBajwa wrote:Niran you cannot do that in cities. Only when traveling between cities try to be behind at least 3 seconds (especially Trucks and Buses).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top civil servant hauled road builder KMC Constructions into his office last week, along with a state bank and officials, and set an October deadline to finish the Pink City Expressway linking Delhi and Jaipur.

It looks a tough ask. The 225 km (140 mile) highway is still missing seven bridges, several stretches need to be widened to the projected six lanes, and miles of land have not yet been acquired. The road should have opened three years ago.

The journey from the capital to the rose-hued sandstone tourist town can take six bumpy hours and is a symbol of the challenges Modi faces to kick-start Asia's third-largest economy.

Frustrated by hold-ups in way-behind-schedule projects the government thought it had fixed, Modi's office is now itself leaning on contractors and banks whose estimated $49 billion in bad loans - much of it to infrastructure projects - are blamed for suppressing the investment cycle.

Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building, with $16 billion more to be spent on railways, looking to create jobs and boost economic capacity. To help pay for the modernisation of decrepit roads and rail, Modi is reining in spending on health and welfare programmes for the poor - so the stakes are high.

But a handful of troubled mega-projects like the Pink City Expressway are proving to be stubborn roadblocks.

"The investment cycle has not picked up since the government came in," said Mahesh Vyas, managing director at research group Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). "Making a premium in the budget is one thing. You have to go and spend it."

The transport ministry has already burned through $2 billion since April as it races to invest the $6.8 billion of government spending it has been allocated this year. Yet this has not fed through to a marked increase in new road building, with much of the money earmarked for cash-crunched developers.

At last week's meeting, Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra demanded results for five road projects that cars were supposed to be driving down years ago, two people with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters.

Human error is to blame for the latest crash of a self-driving car, according to the tech giant. The vehicle in question rear-ended Google's prototype because of "distracted driving."

Nextcar Bug art"Our self-driving cars are being hit surprisingly often by other drivers who are distracted and not paying attention to the road," Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving cars unit, wrote in a blog post. "That's a big motivator for us."

SaiK wrote:do they have speed limits posted? even then, cops need to have appropriate chase vehicles capable of double that speed.

Theo_Fidel wrote:One thing that is becoming blatantly obvious in the USA is that humans sux at driving cars. It is just not our strength.

The google cars keep getting run into and even though statistics say that this is the normal accident rate, the fact is the autonomous cars are so so much safer. I fully see a time in our lifetime when the majority of cars are autonomous. I would love to get into the back seat of my car and let it take me to the destination. At that point insurance to self drive will become punitive. You want to drive the Ferrari, pay $5,000 pm....

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2487896,00.asp

Human error is to blame for the latest crash of a self-driving car, according to the tech giant. The vehicle in question rear-ended Google's prototype because of "distracted driving."

Nextcar Bug art"Our self-driving cars are being hit surprisingly often by other drivers who are distracted and not paying attention to the road," Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving cars unit, wrote in a blog post. "That's a big motivator for us."

New Delhi: As part of efforts to boost road infrastructure for faster connectivity, the Centre is planning to start work on 10 world-class express highways, which will not only reduce travel time but also propel country's economic growth, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.
.
.

Sachin wrote:Taxi Mafia attacks self-drive vehicle convoy in Ladakh, hurts three tourists, damages vehicles
I don't know if the peaceful community is involved here, but some thing is wrong in Leh-Ladakh regions as well. With lots of people now owning vehicles and preferring self-drives, the taxi driver gangs seems to be losing out on revenue. Heard that they (the unions, and few religious leaders as well) have come up with a "vision statement" (?). As per that self-driven cars by tourists can ply on the highway connecting Sri Nagar->Leh->Manali. Any visits to tourist spots outside the highways, have to be through your friendly local taxi driver goon. The resolution has not been formally accepted by the government.

by Singha
good job by the driver there.

Speaking to The Sunday Express, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari said: “The glare from the headlights of incoming vehicles and the effect of winds, one of the reasons for accidents, could be reduced if there was adequate attention to developing the national highways in an eco-friendly manner. We have therefore decided to tree-line the 97,000 km of existing national highways and around 40,000 km of new roads that we would be adding to the network over the next few years.”

He said the initiative sought to take forward the NDA government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and is expected to generate employment for about five lakh people.

According to the norms outlined in the policy, the government will create a pool of 1,000-odd contractors with their own nurseries, who will be entrusted with planting trees, landscaping and laying grass turfs and ornamental shrubs along national highways. The policy aims to provide employment to the local people and will be implemented with the participation of the local communities, farmers, NGOs, private sector players, local self-government bodies and the forest department. “We will put this initiative under the MNREGA scheme. If required, we can give advances to farmers and contractors for purchasing trucks and tractors,”

SBajwa wrote:

by Singha
good job by the driver there.

That's why weapons for self defense are a must in a democracy!!