Yes it is true that drivers drink but they have wheel concious,they may drink untill or till the deadend(deadend means untill they are unable to drive).But after the deadend they refuse to take wheels.No driver want to risk his life and drive over drunken. One simple fact is that over drunk man cannot walk properly on the road but he can drive safely and reach home. but how accident happens?
yes allover india the scenario is people sleeps on the footpath/road when they donthave enough space in their house.and when accident occurs you leave the road sleeprs and arrest the drivers.is it correct. did the drunken driver ram his vehicle into anybodys house and killed its occupants ? NO then why punish drivers.when accidents happen in daylight does anybody say about drunkness.No SO I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS A CRITERIA FOR ANY PURPOSE.
Time and again it has been proved beyond doubt that law enforcing agencies in India are toothless tiger when it comes to take action against rich and affluent. I don't think anything can be done against such people. Definitely not legaly. I would like to appeal to those people who suffer because of this to believe in "an eye for an eye" kind of approach.
When we look for effective solutions to prevent drunkun driving, actions should also be taken to avoid corruption in handling such matters. No doubt drunken drivers should be punished but should note other facts too. Several times I have read in newspaper where innocent people charged with cases to collect compensation. Officials can easily make 'false proof' to claim a person is drunk. Moreover you cannot blame the driver for accidents caused by careless road crossing by pedastrians( the driver can be charged for drinking with so called false proofs for giving compensation to victim and 'commission' from it for those behind).
Proper maintenance of roads, insisting pedastrians to use footpath, awareness among the people of road saftey should also be given equal importance.
Please also remember sleeping in pavements is dangerous and totally irresponsible.
When do you think the serious problem of drunken driving gets debated seriously? Either when the drunken driver is one of those rich and famous, or may be if the guy who gets crushed under the wheels is rich and famous (that's rare you say?) - otherwise these cases are "chalta hai" types.
What's the remedy? If it's a open and shut case, police should move fast, arrest the guy, cancel the licence, impound the car, provide free and full medical assistance to the victim, provide good compensation to the victim (if he survives) - or to his family, conduct court proceedings swiftly against the offender within seven days. Grading of punishment would depend on the nature of offence - mechanical faults, carelessness and negligence, accidental, wilful act, or drunkeness/drugs leading to the offence. But whatever the reason, punishment to the offender and relief to the victim must happen swiftly and no influence should be allowed to let the offender go free and no effort should be spared to offer medical and fiscal relief to the victim - or his family. When the victim dies, it should become the State responsibility to offer wholesome assistance to cover education or job.
a very effective way i can think is that govt sud issue a mendatory drinking licence 2 all who drink.a person shud not get more than 5 bottles of liqour.anybody drinking shud be not given more than 3 pags.every entry of purchage of liqour either fm a shop or a bar must be made in the register.it can go a long way in checking the dunken behaviour.if v indians luv 2 behave like wild dog,v must be controlled with iron hand.there is no short cut solution 2 this problem.
hmmm in last debate this forum was flooded with posts n reply's from mulsims.. now when rediff has asked a socially relevent question, i am hardly finding any posts from them!! it looks there is no interest in public issues unless it is related to them!! strange
Why Make so much hue and cry of drunken driving? I agree that it should be made a punishable offence. But, just look at our basic traffic/road etiquettes in India. Anybody just runs on to a road as if it is a park or something. Roads are meant for vehicles and footpaths for people to walk. If we are talking about making drunken driving a punishable offence, even jaywalking should be made a punishable offence. Even that is life threatening.
Only if the overall traffic sense of people improves, we can think of an accident-free India. Please don't just point your guns on drunken driving. Build some kinda discipline on other more important things.
RE:Traffic laws
by Sandip on Nov 16, 2006 03:11 PM Permalink
Very good point Gaurav. We in Bangalore do not have any traffic laws implemented.Footpaths are used by 2-wheelers and we just do not have the traffic light for crossing the road. YOU HAVE TO BE 'LUCKY' ALL THE TIME WHILE CROSSING THE ROAD. The roads are also very pathetic.
