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ON THE COVER
Keeping to absolutes in the way till we get safer roads. On the
face of what is relatively a huge other hand, the change makers are
population base, is what makes optimists who believe in progress
solutions like the Zero Fatality achieved –a step at a time.
Corridor (ZFC) solution germinate, Such phased progress is what
and which has made it to the pages captures the true story of road
of the Stanford Social Innovation transport infrastructure in our
Review, that informs and inspires country. During 2021, 1,52,586
leaders of social change. (37%) road accidents were reported
in urban areas and 2,59,846 (63%)
User feedback in rural areas. This clearly outlines
Views amongst the everyday an expected curve to improvement We are a large
users, pedestrians and the common beginning with urban roads turning country, and
man are as varied as what makes relatively safer to rural. Further
the experience of using Indian higher share of rural areas in total the importance
roads and highways so diverse, no fatalities reveals comparatively of testing the
matter the role or use. Most hold inadequate trauma care facilities in reflectivity of the
and assume a monochromatic and rural areas as compared to urban signs and markings
uninformed view that it is a long areas. With advances in trauma
care, it is only a matter of time regularly and
before progress in making urban replacing when
and rural roads is more conjoined.
it drops below
Parampreet Singh, Managing
Director, Avantech Engineering threshold, cannot
Consortium Pvt. Ltd., kicked off be emphasized
with a balanced view that, “The enough.”
users are quite aware of safety and
the Government has toiled to raise Parampreet Singh
awareness, and more is necessary
to socialize the importance
of products such as Impact A Safe System approach ensures
Attenuators and Truck Mounted that in the event of a crash, the
Attenuators. Investments and impact energies remain below the
quality employed in safety solutions threshold likely to produce either
need to be seen in perspective of death or serious injury.
the lives saved.”
Innovative solutions form a vital
Avantech with their range role in such systems. For instance,
of products covering crash Anupam Saxena, Executive
barriers, end terminal and impact Director, Daoming Reflective
attenuators, offer their solutions to Material India Pvt Ltd, said, “We
contractors all over India.
deploy technology to combine
A safe system of road glow with retroreflective products
that breathe a second life to
traffic safety continue support at points of
The Executive Summary in complete absence of light sources.
International Transport Forum’s This means our products can
‘Towards Zero, Ambitious Road lean right into and serve mining
Safety Targets and the Safe System environments, hospitals – basically
Approach’, best sums up the any environment that entails
basic strategy of a safe system. absence of light sources.”
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