Af, mangalore

Enough lecturing start working.
Increase the police force, instead only catching people for their mistakes, guide them implement better traffic systems/rules and where ever penalty is required fine without excuses,for ex: mobiles are used during riding / driving but there is no penalty this attitude will boost people to do mistakes and causing accidents.
Wearing seat belts, and children sitting in the front seat ,signal overriding,un unnecessary horns,speed limits, crossing some of the important traffic guidelines must be implemented without any hesitation by traffic dept.

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Dayanand Bangera, Katapady / Abu Dhabi

As I said earlier on write up on traffic safety, we need to educate each and every driver by compulsory thrash course from traffic dept. It should cover all finer points on driving and show them dangerous accident videos, which looks scary, when they make mistakes in the road. Educate about power of vehicle engine and how much time it takes to stop when he is speeding. Hope people from our region will learn this quickly and
make road safe for our children travelling. This awareness should come from traffic dept or else people do not follow. Trafic dept. you should act strictly to make our road safe. People will support you. All the best....

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Anil, mangalore

Can anyone please ask these bunch of hopeless intellects to stop this tamasha and do their duty of providing proper pothole free clean roads and help citizens to have a safe journey not just for a week but all through the year.

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Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

Traffic rules are required to comply everybody on the road always.But most of the accidents are because of our inferior roads,maintenance and lack of proper foot paths.Hope the concerned authorities pays attention to do the needful.Thanq.

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nagesh shetty, manglore

Hope the Traffic week is used to educate the Drivers n Pedestrians both.
its shameful to see how we drive.
I wonder what picture we give to the visitors here and the message to the next generation of drivers(children).
Honking....the drivers feel it is the horn that pushes the vehicle forward !!.. Blaring
driving: They drive as if there is no tomorrow..
Rear view mirrors are removed from at least 60% of vehicles especially Two wheelers.
The Number plates are decorated with motifs or are rusted or Not there at all.!
The road authorities should mark the lanes and this will at least reduce the fatalities and enable drivers to stick to their lanes.
Events like the Karaval utsav can be utilised to educate the People through audio /video presentations.
The police should be very strict with the rash drivers.
Everyday at least 20 vehicles should be checked thoroughly for their documents ,roadworthiness n upkeep (Horns,lights,mirrors,number plates etc..)
Make Manglore a Green n Safe place.

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Leena, Bellore/Mangalore/Abu Dhabi

Traffic authority should visit schools, especially which are located in the city and give presentation regarding road safety awareness its a better idea to curb fatalities

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Leena, Bellore/Mangalore/Abu Dhabi

Good to hear that at last something is happening regarding traffic. There should be boards all over which shows speed limit within the city anyone who disobey or violate the traffic rules should be punished or confiscate the vehicle. Otherwise the innocent people will die, drivers will drive carelessly the traffic authority should come up with strong and strict rules in the city to safeguard the people. Hoping things will change for the betterment of people.

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fayaz ahmed, mangalore/usa

Well said lots of people will save
Their life and their bread winner
take this step than see the difference

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Eulalia Dsouza, Bijai / Mangalore

It is a Great Idea to have this Road Safety Week. School and College Students stand in city junctions to create Traffic safety awareness.
What needs to be dealt with, is stringent actions to be taken against Traffic Rules Violations. After such major accidents in the city and outside, what actions have been taken against these erring drivers? Their vehicle owners pay off to the authorities, drivers get bail and he is back on wheels again doing the same thing.. ! Why don't we implement strict measures to suspend licenses with these severe cases, to send a strong signal ! What stops our RTO / Police officials from doing this? I am sure the day we start this practice, drivers will automatically be careful while driving..!! This is my personal opinion & You will agree that we are fine to obey traffic rules while we are abroad why don't we do this in our own homeland??

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vassu, kudla

I request the concerned authorities to venture into some of the inner roads and see for themselves the innumerable heavy lorries and sometimes buses parked. How are these lorries permitted parking within the city/ Kindly pay attention to the road from Pandeshwar temple to RTO, you can certainly see a number of heavy vehicles parked on either side of the road in front of the head post office. Mornings are a pain to drive on these congested roads. They are blocking the traffic of the school buses and two wheelers and also the people commuting for work.

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John DSouza, Mangalore

The time is to compare automobiles with mobiles.
While each one owning a mobile, it is comfortable only to share the automobiles.
Flooding and displaying vehicles on roads is not the solution for transport need.
Reduce usage of road space by minimizing vehicles, increase the capacities of vehicles, save fuel, eliminating pollution and decrease costs are the priorities.
Let us think differently, implement concept change and have solutions.

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Edward R. Monteiro, Kulshekar, Mangalore

The 25th National Road Safety Week organized by District Administration, RTA and Police Department is welcome.

The City, Express and Service buses, Autos are the blatant road rule offenders. This is a fact.

Another class of vehicle road rule offenders are Two Wheelers driving in the opposite direction to save few meters of distance instead of taking u turn and driving in the correct direction, thus endangering their own lives and that of others.

It is a nightmare to use the Mangalore-B.C. Road, Four lane Highway. The highest offenders are at Farangipete, Adyar and at B.C. Road junction. The slow moving vehicles, especially loaded trucks and small goods vehicle use the Fast lane of the road rather than keeping to the left Slow Lane. This forces the fast moving vehicles on the highways to move and overtake on the Left Slow Lane.

Let the District Administration, RTA and Police initiate action and bring discipline among these classes of vehicle users.

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Joe Gonsalves, Mangalore

I am glad that all well meaning people try to create traffic awareness among the public. This is indeed a good idea. However, it is pertinent to go to the root cause of the problem. I have been watching the traffic situation for the past over eight decades. There was a time when people could walk all over Mangalore without any fear. However, over the years the number of vehicles has increased in great numbers. The crux of the problem is the public transport system. The buses and rickshaws make it very difficult for the public. Under these circumstances, it is very necessary to have regular programs to educate the drivers of the public transport systems to follow the safety norms.

Joe Gonsalves

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Ajith, Mangaore

Safety week for Kids? What a joke.These assembled students were most educated and disciplined. What is required is these kind of gatherings for the uneducated private bus drivers,taxi drivers. Autorickshaw drivers and arrogant private car drivers.

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Valerian Dalmaida, Mangalore/Abu Dhabi

I endorse the views of Mr. Ananthakrishna. What is lacking is the will of the Government, discipline of the people, proper lane marking, police reforms, training to drivers and riders, strict action by police. All this is interlinked. Mr. J R Lobo knows how are the roads in foreign countries, pedestrian crosses, 4 lanes, signal lights, traffic control, radar systems, lane discipline, strict fines, no horns unless it is emergency, etc. If all these are put into place then yes it will lead to safety, otherwise our roads will remain unsafe for all.

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Ahmed, Mangalore

Authorities have no idea how to implement the rules and regulation properly, I would say that many of the traffic police are unaware of the rules and regulations. This urging, requesting, pleading with the people won't help at all. Implement the rules the way traffic police handled against tints after SC order. Otherwise, no one is bothered about traffic rules.

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G.Z.T. Kunte., Udupi

During Safety week if you really want to reduce accidents, then stop all Private buses of our District for one week.

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G R PRABHUJI, BEJAI

What I believe is,People are very much concerned & alert with the Traffic rules,But the administration is completely failed to control the buses & give good footpaths.That is the reason concerned today.

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Ramakrishna. K. , Mangalore

In Mangalore City the edge of the Concrete roads are so steep that Scooter rider slips and falls if he takes his vehicle over such steep edge.
Secondly, most of the buses and Cars do not make their head-lights Dim inside the City also even though street lights are there after sunset. These new types of headlights are so bright that they make the two wheeler rider coming from opposite direction completely blind for a moment. This has also caused many two wheeler accidents. So, stiff Fine should be imposed for not making headlights dim within the city limits .

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John DSouza, Mangalore

Minimizing the number of vehicles on roads and multiplying/maximizing the capacities of vehicles (to meet the increasing demand of transport facilities), can be a better option.
As the electronic time runs faster, traffics and road blocks force to ignore the safety rules.
Speed of mobile technology, makes the slow and steady automobiles, to face accidents.
A conceptual change in vehicles move can solve the severe surface transport problems.
Pull, move and save (instead of carry with worry) to have a great success.
The automobile sector needs to have a revolutionary change to save fuel, eliminate pollution, reduce costs and increase capacities.
The huge weight on wheels itself can be used as a free pushing force.

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Ravi B Shenava, Mangalore

Mangalore is the only city in entire India, where there is no " FREE LEFT TURN". Even in some places Free-Left-Turn is allowing the people are confused as there is no signboard of the same.
First of all, put proper traffic sign boards in all junctions and then celebrate Safety week.

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Ramakrishna. K. , Mangalore

Ravi Shenava as you Said, in some city junctions they are allowing Free Left turns. But due to the absence of any such board, no one comes to know about it. Hence, thinking that all junctions have free left turn if we proceed further the traffic police catches us and puts fine in some junctions. But in some junctions if we stop for a signal light, the same traffic police shouts at us for stopping and blocking other vehicles behind us. Such a very tricky situation exists only in Mangalore .

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Ajith, Mangalore

A report giving the number of persons died due to accidents caused by private buses is very much required during safety week to alert people.This report should include data like people died per route,per bus,per day,per week,per month and per year.Total for 10 years.The collateral damage caused to the families due to the death of their beloved ones and bread winners.Finally a time frame to either educate private bus drivers and owners or a time frame to ban private buses is very much required.

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Suresh, Mangalore

I have seen in all over India Trucks, Heavy Vehicles, Govt. Buses, and Tempo truck drivers are driving as if their own road in the double road like NH as well as in the City limit, they don’t bother to keep 1st track free. Even if they know the speed limits they don’t bother to follow. In spite of giving light and horn they don’t bother to move towards the left side and give the way from the right side. Where are the RTO rules here? Most of the people have to overtake from the left side. While overtaking from left side if something happens then the fault becomes the guy who overtakes from the left side.

RTO police should catch these drivers(who drives on the 1st track) and fine heavily so that they don’t do this mistake again. Another problem is Putting High beam light in the City limit. I have seen more than 50% of the people who drive in City limit put high beam, is it necessary? These shellfish guys don’t bother about other vehicles. RTO should take action against these drivers.

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William, Bantwal

This type of rules and regulations should be taught to all drivers, at least once in a month in all schools or parishes, etc. Let the police come and give lectures or call them to the police station when they are available for such meetings or lectures. Always speed limit is must while driving and tell them to keep distance always.

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Rahul, Mangalore

First of all RTO should teach Bus & Auto Drivers some traffic sense, these uneducated peoples are driving like as they are driving planes.....

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Subash Pai, Mangalore/Dubai

First of all which are the rules for traffic to follow in India? Instead, arrange at least 1 day workshop {Lectures and Practical} to all the drivers batch by batch and for the new drivers, it should be made mandatory to attend such sessions for a nominal fee.

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vassu, kudla

Violation of traffic rules must be dealt with seriously to avoid accidents, but usually it is seen that the traffic police posted at smaller places such as the sharavu junction, PVS to name a few are most of the time unattended.These people posted there are seen to be busy talking to people and pay no attention to the chaos, forcing the drivers to use their might to cross the junctions without following the traffic rules. The traffic police at even the hampankatta ( where the vehicles enter the main road from the ideal ice cream road) are busy talking either to people or on mobile & do not control the traffic efficiently.

If they are strict then people may not dare to break the rules. Also they are unable to control the rash driving of the auto drivers who pose too much of nuisance to others. They are seen to park in no parking, turn at places where it is prohibited and stop suddenly without any signal or overtake invariably from the left. These are all the problems faced by the people driving vehicles on Mangalore roads. Their efforts on road safety must not be restricted for just one week, but must continue throughout the year.

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