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War on the roads

This refers to the editorial `Ending the war on the roads' (May 7). Based purely on a personal experience of Indian roads, it seems to me that most accidents are not truly accidental in nature but rather a consequence of gross negligence on the part of certain drivers, which should be treated as criminal offences.

Compounding the situation is a lack of effective policing of road usage.

We urgently need stricter laws and penalties and a traffic police focussed on curbing road abuse rather than on inspecting documents of users.

Kannan Kasturi,
New Delhi

The authorities negligence is chiefly responsible for the appallingly number of road accidents every year.

But we cannot duck responsibility; our attitude towards road safety leaves much to be desired. Voices against the mandatory use of crash helmets and our general indiscipline on the roads are only two examples.

L. Santhosh,
Bangalore

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