AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF UPPER INDIA
C-8 QUTAB INSTITUTIONAL AREA
NEW DELHI - 110 016

PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Educating the common man
Community interface

The AAUI proposes to evolve consensus in the open general house in its Annual General Meeting on September 26, 2008 calling upon its members, their family and friends to effectively associate with the above tasks. The AAUI has more than 100,000 family members residing through the length and breadth of Delhi and NCR. They can play a pivotal role in identifying:

=> Fractured and badly damaged roads
=> Non functional and redundant traffic signals
=> Encroached walk - ways
=> Black spots
=> Hanging electricity cables and wires
=> Electricity poles restricting traffic view and signals
=> Road markings and signage
=> Any other obstacles to traffic movement

We propose to organize initial meetings with the members and their families with a view to impart necessary guidelines to help in collecting the information relating to the above said areas. The information will be supported either with a photograph or a sketch to enable easy identification of the spot.

Participation by the AAUI members in the above tasks will also be encouraged through our website, handouts and Upper India Motorist magazine.

The information so collected will be disseminated to the UTTIPEC for directions to the appropriate authorities to take immediate remedial steps and suitably address the issues involved.

In order to encourage the members to continue contributing to the Committee, it will be desirable for the AAUI to communicate with them as to the action taken by the authorities on their feed back. A strategic approach to harmonize this channel will have to be devised by the UTTIPEC.

The AAUI throughout the year launches many projects and contributes to promote the road safety related programs.

(a) Refresher driving course for older drivers.

(b) Refresher driving course of truck and school bus drivers.

(c) Interactive sessions with ladies and drivers in senior age.

(d) Road Safety Seminars.

(e) Imparting education on traffic awareness to students of senior classes in close cooperation with Delhi Public School Society.

Updates

iRAP and ADB Saving Lives iRAP and the Asian Development Bank have signed an historic agreement to improve the safety of roads across the bank's developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific. The agreement will form an important part of the bank's Sustainable Transport Initiative and will help in its mission to fight poverty in the region. Together they will work to eliminate high risk roads, train transport professionals and explore opportunities to integrate iRAP benchmarking, performance tracking and economic evaluation tools into the ADB's planning activities. In This Edition Integrating Safety and Design in Moldova International cooperation promoted by the FIA has enabled the Serbian motoring club (AMSS) to assist its colleagues from Automobil Club din Moldova (ACM) to participate in a major road safety assessment . Transforming Roads in Bangladesh Leading road safety organisations in Bangladesh have met to review preliminary iRAP results for two of the nation’s major highways. usRAP Phase III Demonstrates Road Safety Potential A Star Rating validation study for Iowa and Washington and Risk Maps for Illinois, Kentucky, New Mexico, Utah and Michigan have been completed by usRAP. Saving Lives for Less in Great Britain Britain's finances may be exhausted but reductions in road crashes, costing 1.5% of GDP and worth £18 billion annually, are readily achievable. Star Rating 95% of Paved Roads in Paraguay Detailed measurement of more than 30 road attributes which are known to influence risk of death and serious injury has now been completed for almost 4,000km of roads in Paraguay. One in Four Americans Involved in a Serious Crash The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has published the findings of the annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, which also show that 38% of people have a friend or relative who was seriously injured or killed in a road crash. Agreement to Create the First iRAP Centre of Excellence The agreement was signified by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by iRAP’s Chief Executive Officer, Rob McInerney, and ARRB’s Managing Director, Gerard Waldron, at ARRB headquarters in Melbourne. Road Safety Toolkit in Spanish, Mandarin and French Thanks to the ongoing support of the Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), the Toolkit is now being translated into three new languages.

 

Traffic police announce new speed limits for Delhi roads

In order to control the unregulated plying of vehicles on city roads, the Delhi Traffic Police has issued a notification to regulate their speed. New speed limits have been set for motor vehicles, including autorickshaws, on 25 roads across the state.
“Motor vehicles ply at a high speed on NCR roads, endangering the lives of motorists as well as other road users. Hence, it was necessary for us to regulate the speed of motor vehicles for their safety,” a senior traffic official said.
Speaking on the subject, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg said, “We decrease or increase the speed limit in various areas, keeping in mind the traffic pattern and movement there. Congestion, number of accidents and nature of the area are a few of the factors that help us decide on the limit.
”In some areas, such as the NH-8 stretch from Gurgaon Road crossing to Delhi Gurgaon Border and the DND Flyover-Mayur Vihar Link Road, the speed limit for regular vehicles has been reduced from 80 kmph to 70 kmph, and that for autorickshaws has been reduced to 40 kmph. In other places, such as NH-10 (Rohtak road), NH-I (from Singhu Border to Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar) and Ring Road (from Ashram Chowk to Azadpur Flyover via Dhaula Kuan), the speed limit has been increased from 50 kmph to 60 kmph. Inside all residential and commercial areas, the speed limit for cars, jeeps and two wheelers has been increased from 23 to 30 kmph, police said.
“From experience, we know that the accident count is usually more at places where the speed limit is high. So we have regulated the speed for some national highways and major roads with a higher influx.
At some places like NH1 and Ring Road, it has been increased because these areas are virtually signal free. In such stretches, motorists find lower speed limits inconvenient and end up violating traffic rules unnecessarily. This will help in the smooth management of traffic,” Garg said.
The police also said the civic agencies, which maintain the roads, have been given orders to place information signboards indicating restrictions in the area. Express