As per data, Mumbai police records 8,000 speed violations in a month in the city.
This data was revealed by the Joint Commissioner of Traffic Police (Mumbai) Praveen Padwal on Tuesday, April 4, while speaking at the launch of the ‘Slow Down- Speed Observation Study Report’.
The report is an initiative of the United Way Mumbai, a non-profit, in collaboration with Mumbai Police’s Traffic Control Branch, and IIT Bombay.
Bifurcating further, he stated that last year, 364 road crash cases were recorded in Mumbai. Of these, 44 per cent involved pedestrians, 35 per cent two-wheelers, and 10 per cent involved pillion riders. In view of the data, we are taking several strict enforcement drives against those violating rules.
The survey for the report was conducted at 20 locations across the city. Speed, unregulated merging sections, lack of adequate infrastructure, and illegal parking have been counted as contributing factors in road crashes.
“We are also taking strict action against drunken driving. In the last three months, we have taken action against 242 drunk drivers. However, in addition to this, we also need an attitudinal change within citizens,” Padwal said at the event.
In addition, transport commissioner of Maharashtra Vivek Bhimanwa, who was also present at the event noted that the dream of becoming a global power can’t be achieved while being negligent of road safety.
He also spoke of a proposal to the government to make the offense of rash driving and those committed by repeat offenders “non-bailable”.
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