Overspeeding caused 49% road accidents in city
   Date :22-Jan-2020

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By Dheeraj Fartode :
 
SPEED thrills but also kills! As many as 490 road accidents out of total 1,007 accident reported in city in year 2019 occurred due to overspeeding. The figure accounts for 48.65 per cent of the total road accidents while 26 road accident were caused by drunken drivers. According to the data provided by Nagpur City Police, bad roads were the reason for four accidents while six occurred due to fault of pedestrians. In two accident cases, the accused was driving the vehicle without license.
 

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A road safety expert said that accidents occurred in high speed were also a major cause of fatal injuries. One can notice people driving vehicle recklessly and it has become a common practice of motorists in city, he said. “Overspeeding increases chances of losing control over the vehicle. Sometimes vehicles suddenly appear on road from small lanes within seconds. In such events, the speeding vehicle takes long time to slow down,” said ex-Commissioner of Police (CP) of Nagpur, SP Yadav, who retired as DG (Legal and Technical). “As Nagpur has fairly wide roads and few points of traffic congestion, drivers indulge in overspeeding. This small increase in speed often results in mishaps,” he further said.
 
“As almost all important roads are under CCTV surveillance, traffic police should use the facility to identify each and every rash driver. The e-challan is not effective medium of law enforcement as many of such challans remain unpaid,” he said. “In the new Motor Vehicles Act, there is provision for suspending license and even seizing of the vehicle. The police should aptly use these provisions to teach lesson to rash drivers. Police can also produce such repeat offenders before Magistrate and demand imprisonment of minimum of a month,” Yadav said.
 
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic Chinmay Pandit told ‘The Hiavada’ that recently received two interceptor vehicles armed with speed guns would be used against vehicles indulging in overspeeding. “Along with strict law enforcement, the traffic police would also continue awareness programmes,” said DCP Pandit.