| As the population of our country dramatically increases | | | | themselves cause a large number of accidents in India |
| and the number of vehicles on the nation's roads and | | | | today. Driving at night along highways that are poorly lit |
| highways skyrockets, new methods of traffic control | | | | and which has a regular stream of traffic without any |
| and organization have become necessary, by utilising | | | | speed limits, causes severe damage to both life and |
| new methods of transportation or by revising the | | | | property. Despite this, the government has failed to |
| current system. However, traveling in India is almost an | | | | increase the number of roads and highways |
| hallucinatory mixture of sound and sight. It might sound | | | | proportional to the extraordinary increase of vehicles |
| hilarious, but when you are on the road, its extremely | | | | on the road. Hazards to the environment also prove |
| dangerous. Most Indian road users observe an ancient | | | | the necessity for more worthwhile methods of traffic |
| road code, which accounts for majority of road | | | | administration. As many more vehicles make use of |
| accidents which often prove fatal.In the last 5 years, | | | | our metropolitan city roads, the amount of poisonous |
| the number of vehicles on our roads has increased | | | | hydrocarbons released into the atmosphere steadily |
| manifold and to add to this we have to give way to | | | | increases. On the average, one out of every four |
| cows, elephants, buffalos, ox-carts, pigs, | | | | Indians has problems breathing during the peak |
| auto-rickshaws, pedal rickshaws, goats, bicycles, | | | | summer months due to the excess of smog in the |
| handcarts, dogs not forgetting the casual pedestrian | | | | atmosphere. Studies have shown that automobiles |
| too. Cars and other vehicles cause an enormous | | | | produce the majority of this smog. Even though |
| expense to our society and these expenses are | | | | emission standards have become more rigid and the |
| mainly due to traffic accidents, traffic jams, and the | | | | use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has been |
| environmental hazards created by the large number of | | | | introduced, no significant change has been observed in |
| vehicles on our roads. Traffic accidents account for | | | | the reduction of environment pollution.Further, noise |
| one of the major reasons that the current techniques | | | | pollution from the large number of automobiles on the |
| of traffic control need revision.Then there is the | | | | roads also contributes to the devastation of the |
| Accident risk, which means - the chance of injury to | | | | environment. Despite the many problems that exist |
| yourself or others and the chance of damage to | | | | with the present systems of transportation and traffic |
| vehicles and property. Therefore, following the basic | | | | control, numerous solutions exist that provide both |
| signs, signals and rules of driving can avoid this risk. | | | | efficiency and effectiveness. These include formulating |
| One huge risk though, is to be under the influence of | | | | new methods of transportation, developing better |
| an illegal substance or drug while driving and nothing | | | | traffic signaling and controlling equipment, and utilising |
| has been done so far to stem this problem. The most | | | | better techniques of highway design and |
| important safety tip to reduce pedestrian injuries and | | | | construction.Designing new types of transit provides |
| fatalities is to pay attention. The chances of being in a | | | | one of the most obvious and efficient approaches of |
| collision with a motor vehicle can significantly be | | | | improving traffic management. In today's society, mass |
| reduced by obeying traffic rules and being aware of | | | | rail transit exists as one of the most efficient and |
| the dangers posed by vehicles in your vicinity. Both | | | | quickly developing techniques of enhancing the current |
| drivers and pedestrians have certain safety | | | | transportation system. Many moderate to large sized |
| responsibilities that depend both on circumstances and | | | | cities currently offer some kind of rail transit, whether it |
| common sense.Apart from this, traffic jams, along with | | | | be a subway or elevated system, and most of them |
| broken cars and the lack of alternate routes, account | | | | are well-used. This could possibly be the answer to |
| for one half of the traffic congestion. Although the | | | | solving our traffic problems too.On the other side of |
| number of traffic accidents has slowly decreased | | | | the spectrum, however, many new and exciting forms |
| over the past several years due to various projects | | | | of technologically advanced rail transit are currently in |
| that have been instituted, like flyovers and the ongoing | | | | development. A MAGLEV train, or Magnetic levitation |
| Delhi Metro Project(i.e., with reference to the traffic | | | | train, has recently been introduced into the |
| control in Delhi),the number is still alarmingly high. | | | | transportation world. Driven by powerful |
| Majority of deaths occur due to traffic accidents alone. | | | | electromagnets, this train levitates several inches |
| In addition, traffic jams also demonstrate the need for | | | | above the track. This reduction in friction allows the |
| better methods of traffic management. Due to both | | | | train to reach speeds upto 300 miles per hour. The |
| the increase of women in the work force and the | | | | introduction of this train in India would solve our traffic |
| expansion of businesses to the suburbs, traffic jams | | | | problems considerably. However, this does not seem |
| have increased dramatically over the past few years. | | | | possible in the near future. |
| As a consequence of these traffic jams, the | | | | In addition to rail transportation, buses represent not |
| population gets delayed in reaching their work spots | | | | necessarily a new transportation method, but certainly |
| which creates further worry and confusion. Another | | | | one that can be taken advantage of and utilized to its |
| negative factor is that, drivers, while waiting in their | | | | fullest potential. One of the major advantages that |
| cars during traffic jams, waste gallons of gasoline, | | | | buses have over rail transit is that buses can take their |
| which contributes to further environmental | | | | passengers wherever they want to go, and routes |
| hazards.Road crashes are another major and growing | | | | can easily be Changed.At present, despite adopting |
| cause of death and injury mainly to children. Twice as | | | | new methods of transit, there is no particular lane |
| many pedestrians are killed in road crashes in | | | | discipline, since traffic entering a road from the left has |
| industrializing countries than in industrialized countries. | | | | priority, so has traffic from the right, and also traffic |
| School children are the victims of a high proportion of | | | | from the middle and therefore, Indian traffic at all times |
| these crashes. It is therefore important that children | | | | and irrespective of direction of travel occupy the |
| receive road safety education as part of their | | | | centre of the road. Modifying the current techniques of |
| curriculum. Younger children are not aware of the | | | | traffic control may exist as another solution to the |
| concept of danger and must learn to realize the | | | | unruly traffic problem, and another way to improve the |
| dangers inherent in the road environment. Education | | | | current methods of transit is by optimizing better traffic |
| should, therefore, be based on practical training in a | | | | signaling and controlling equipment. |
| realistic road environment such as training in crossing | | | | Using better techniques of road development and |
| streets, crossing parked vehicles and crossing at | | | | construction also accounts for part of the effort to |
| intersections. Parental involvement is invaluable to | | | | modify current traffic control methods. |
| model and reinforce road safety behaviour.Highways | | | | |