First Online Community for Indian Road Safety Discussion, Easydriveforum.com, Launched

Easy Drive Forum is an online endeavor to increase awareness amongst the road users through internet. We encourage you to share your views and opinions related to plight of Indian roads, traffic, automobiles and woes of common citizens on roads.

[ClickPress, Tue Oct 03 2006] “Road safety is no accident”, the theme for earlier World Health Day, reminds us that road safety does not happen by chance. Achieving and sustaining safety on the roads requires deliberate action from many sectors of society.

• Nearly 1.2 million people are killed every year in road traffic crashes around the world
• About 90 per cent happen in developing countries
• 20 to 50 million more people are seriously injured in such incidents every year
• 6 % of the world's road accident deaths happen in India (while India has only 1 % of the world's road vehicles)
• 1 person dies every 6 minutes; 10 are injured in the same time frame
• Financial losses due to road traffic injuries 2005: 550 bn Rs = 3% of GDP

The key to the successful prevention lies in the commitment of all relevant sectors, public and private -- health, transport, education, finance, police, legislators, manufacturers, foundations and the media -- to make road safety happen. By and large the onus lies on the shoulders of all of us to make sure that the overpowering bulk of traffic runs smoothly and we abide by the “Traffic Laws” to make driving a pleasure. To make the task easier, we have come forward for the cause and provided a platform to discuss, share, and work for the betterment of Indian roads and traffic safety.

Easy Drive Forum is an online endeavor to increase awareness amongst the road users through internet. We encourage you to share your views and opinions related to plight of Indian roads, traffic, automobiles and woes of common citizens on roads. Easy Drive Forum welcomes suggestion and topics related to road safety programs, safe driving tips, and common traffic problems experienced by the common citizens. We are dedicated to work constantly through this forum to discuss and change the gruesome traffic and road scenario in India.

http://www.easydriveforum.com is a small step in this regard to tackle and discuss issues related to road accidents, national highways, Indian road traffic, road rage, commuters' problems, and regulations to make automobiles safer for passengers and pedestrians. Many aspects such as traffic regulation, road design, maintenance of streetlights, improvement in road safety mechanisms, increased accessibility to medical services have been neglected. Easy Drive Forum will bring together health, transport and education officials, road safety professionals, and injury experts, in an effort to improve road safety in India.

About Easy Drive Forum.com : More than 100,000 people are dying on Indian roads every year. Another million are injured or maimed. Most of these are pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheeler riders. The economic cost to the nation, estimated a few years ago, was Rs. 55,000 crore. Easy Drive Forum is an online platform (http://www.easydriveforum.com) to share, discuss, views and opinions related to plight of Indian roads, traffic, automobiles, road traffic safety issues and woes of common citizens on roads.

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