Scientific nationwide speed mgmt required to reduce fatal road accidents: IIT KGP

IIT Kharagpur has recommended scientific and uniform nationwide speed management to reduce fatal road accidents.

The premier institute, in a policy document, recommended the constitution of state and district road safety councils comprising various departments, scientific fixing of speed limits and erection of road signage, engineering initiatives, audit of existing speed management measures, study of accidents, speed monitoring, strict implementation of guidelines and mass public awareness about road safety.

IIT Kharagpur has recently submitted its recommendations to the West Bengal government and it has accepted the suggestions in principle but there is a need for nationwide and uniform implementation of them, Professor Bhargab Maitra of the institutes Civil Engineering Department, who led a team of professors in formulating the document, told

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