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Written By Bheema.Upadhyaya - 3 December, 2010
Traffic Bangalore Road Safety Transportation Enforcement Traffic DDC
So we are ready with following ideas for DDC
1) Drivewell Day-DWD - In progress
2) Stick It to Show - SIS - In progress
Pledge for discipline driving. Stick various messages to display how a pledged driver is dedicated to drive well.
3) A Picture a Day -APAD - In progress
To add few old ideas from Prajas to consolidate and visualize future course of Project/Action within scope of this Project
4) Group Driving Day -GDD- At Concept
5) Gandhigiri at Road-GaR- At Concept
6) Kids Teach Drivers- KTD- At Concept
(Many children will hold fancy sign boards and tease wrong doers at roads, includes spitters, jay walkers)
7) Thank the Cop - TTC - At Concept
(Identify good cops who help to drive well, take pictures, videos, talk to them and show gratitude. Vague idea yet)
8) Show the Signs - STS - At Concept
(Identify the spots where signs are not installed, hold sign manually for few hours and study how drivers react if there was a signage there.)
Feel free to add more and debate on above. We are aware all these implementations are not so easy ones(specially #5)..But as someone said, we should even dare to dream !
COMMENTS
Finally, ideas seem get down to ground.
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 24 May, 2011 - 16:03
Check concept number 5) and 6) above. Seems ORRCA is going to implement Gandhigiri and use kids. I dont care if idea was adopted from Praja or somewhere else, so happy to note that things are moving in right direction..
R V Raja Rao - 24 May, 2011 - 17:17
Report says that ~Abroad, motor riders will have to go to court to pay the fine.~ But the rules are being changed even in abroad. British Government is planning to implement on the spot fine collection system for traffic violations across England in preparation for 2012 Olympics.
And APAD is doing much more than it was expected
dvsquare - 25 May, 2011 - 06:01
A lot of people are posting a lot of violations on the BTP facebook base. Its good to see those snaps and then BTP's action on them. I hope that they must be transparent in all those actions as well. Traffic violations to footpath driving/parking and also illegal number plates also being posted and action being taken. Good to see citzen participation there.
Deepak
idontspam - 25 May, 2011 - 06:35
I listed few causes ,
I think you have analyzed the causes very well, if you notice points a, c, d, h relate to being in a hurry. Most of the other causes are used as excuse/reason accomplish this cause. We dont give enough time because we know we can break rules & get ahead. Its the same in a queue at the counter also.
The root cause is selfishness which is not penalized and hence become okay to break. If you notice when some people are following rules and a single guys breaks off the rest see that nothing happens to him & follow suit.
Outside your house in any public space you have to share the space with other citzens & the fact that they are there to accomplish the same functions as you are has to be respected. If you are in a hurry & want to get ahead you need to ask permission & gain sympathy fo your situation so they agree to let you ahead. Else you stay put. There has to be a societal stigma & penalties attached to selfishness in a shared space.
Are we selfish as a culture? Do we realize that this selfishness is leading to our downfall & manifests from the smallest queue at a counter & driving habits on road to corruption at the topmost level? How do we propogate this consiousness of shared space & unselfish respect?
idontspam - 25 May, 2011 - 06:21
so happy to note that things are moving in right direction..
Indeed, APAD has kickstarted many initiatives. Praja team should proud of this. Next steps is to advocate basic driving skills. Tyre on tarmac, merging habits, looking for signboards on the roadside, keeping mirrors & lights on vehicles functional etc. Start with a DDC club meetup & finalize this & then take it up authorities.
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