"A wise man once said that the character of a nation can be judged by how its people drive on the streets"

Road Accidents are one of the biggest killers today. The situation in India has reached staggering proportions and clearly something needs to be done.

Road sense on Indian streets is often completely missing. The consequent chaos is on display for the whole world to mock and laugh by way of hundreds of videos on youtube. We always wonder and try to understand the genesis of the pathology or indiscipline on Indian roads.

Indian masses have been subjugated and ruled over by others ''foreign powers'' for hundreds of years. People were left powerless and enslaved. Could it be that the chronic disempowerment of the masses has led to a paradoxical ''abuse of the freedom'' we gained about 60 years ago?

Could it be that the Indian culture and tradition of hospitality was lost by us over centuries? Some of our behaviours like spitting across each others face, littering, honking at each other and lack of consideration for fellow humans on our roads suggests this is a huge problem. But then will this be a reason for our poor record on road safety and indiscipline?

The other possible explanation is the ''power equation''. Being a populated country, there is competition right from the word go. We have to struggle to get places in schools, universities and jobs. Its cut throat. Perhaps this habitual competitive streak which we end up with is seen on our roads as well, where every vehicle driver tries to occupy every inch available at the cost of road safety and discipline.

However, all the above happens between every interacting humans across the globe and yet traffic discipline in many countries is superior to that in India. One final piece of the jigsaw is ''education and awareness''. Yet, it is not formal education (whether one completed schooling) that matters. What matters is the driver education and training which instills the right road habits at the outset. Britain has one of the toughest driving tests which can be taken even by school dropouts; the point is by the time one passes the test, the correct road etiquette is ingrained in to the drivers.

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