On the occasion of the Road Safety week, SEWA society and Sanjay Orthopaedic Spine and Maternity Centre organised series of special public awareness lectures in different educational institutes.
Delivering a lecture at Doon Paramedical College on Tuesday, Dr B K S. Sanjay said that his experience shows that 90 percent of accidents are due to the faults of the driver only 10 percent accidents are due to other causes.
“The major causes of accidents are overtaking and over speeding. Over taking especially during night time is usually fatal. lack of sleep and driving under influence of alcohol are also leading causes of accidents lethal consequences,’’ he said.
Dr Sanjay further added that youths in the range of 20-35 years of age are mostly the victims of accidents and most of these are bread earning member in their family.
These accidents are causing burden to the society at large, he emphasized. He said that by following the traffic rules properly this colossal loss of human resource can be minimized.
Dr Sanjay suggested that the Government should ensure that the people follow traffic rules and if they are
not they should be heavily
penalised financially.
He informed that the aim of this public awareness lecture is to increase awareness among the students and the people about the consequence of road traffic accident so that they can save themselves and others.