Seat Belts in Coaches[ buses], campaign for this in India and safety for our future generation.

I treated a patient with an elbow injury. he was one of the survivors of a bus which fell off a bridge and rolled over. there were few who died in the accident. you have to remember the death is often due to the passengers rolling inside the bus like the object inside the rattle

the object inside is the passenger and the cage is the bus. you can also see this video in youtube

watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthhJLekANU

now this is the time for us to campaign for seat belt to be worn in the cars but more importantly to campaign for the new buses manufactured for long distance travel to be fitted with seat belts.

UK had made it mandatory for all new buses and coaches manufactured after 2001 to be fitted with seat belts. In India we are crying for all the need for more buses, good roads and we are getting both. But we are forgetting that safety has to be considered when more buses are on the good roads speeding to more destinations.

you will know what i am talking of if you travel at night on the national highways. the number of omni buses are so many and it takes one accident for all of us to realise this.

Oops, this has already happened. a reputed coach service was involved in this and then you really wonder that the time has already come for us to campaign for safer buses and public transport.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2087173.ece

Many would go for public transport for comfort and safety other than their own cars.

Hence let us lobby for coaches with seat belt and restrainers. We are already ten years behind UK in this issue


Chockalingam

Drive and be alive in India: follow the two second rule

In India, everyone seems to be rushing. The people are rushing while walking, driving a two wheeler, or three or a four wheeler or an eight wheeler. They must be going to do something very urgent, may be save someone from dying perhaps!!. But they do not know that they themselves need saving with the way they are going on public path and roads.

Yesterday we had a passenger in an auto which overturned with four passengers on board just because the driver was crazy. the injured passenger had the auto landed on his leg and as a result we took off the dead leg, amputated. no fault of his own but the driver who thought he can negotiate a corner without slowing the vehicle and forgetting that it has only three wheels!

Not many educated people know about the safe distance they have to follow when driving. The best and practical tip is to follow the two second rule. It is described well and you can eve do three second rule when driving in wet and rainy times.

go to this site to get general idea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-second_rule

for pictorial description

http://www.rulesoftheroad.ie/rules-for-driving/speed-limits/speed-limits_2-second-rule.html


If you can maintain two seconds from the vehicle in front and let all the drivers who are behind you and too close to pass by, the chances of being alive at the end of your driving is good, but not guaranteed.

let us ensure more of our friends and families follow the rule and one day eventually Driving in India would be safe! one can only hope, but not without trying, eh!!!


With best regards

Chockalingam