Indian Road safety initiative/ projects/ campaigns/ groups/ NGOs
Save Pune Traffic Movement: It's all about transformation of Pune traffic through a small, unconditional, positive action by large number of conscientious citizens. This group recently used the Driver Education Videos to train Wipro Drivers in Pune.
Individual contributions to improving our road safety in India:
Pudumai Balakrishnan, Chief Traffic Warden, Pondicherry: Find out more here about his work. Mr Pudumai Balakrishnan also recently released copies of the Driving a Cultural Change DVD in Pondicherry. The event was facilitated by Rotary Club in Pondicherry Cosmos. The picture below provides a glimpse of the action.
Streetwise: is an resource created by Malcolm Wolfe. The site provides snapshots of Malcom's book 'Driving skills for India and abroad' as well as links to several useful services.
Easy Drive Forum: is an online platform to share, discuss, views and opinions related to plight of Indian roads, traffic, automobiles and woes of common citizens on roads.
nriinformation.com: Useful article on Indian driving license for NRIs returning back to India
Worldwide Resources on road safety:Arrive Alive: Road Safety efforts are required world over. Check out the inspring work in South Africa by visitng here 2 Pass: The complete resource for all your FREE Learner Driver information. This UK based site is very generous in providing a massive number of video and animated tutorials. Because the rules of the road in India and UK are similar, this site is well worth a prolonged visit. THINK! road safety website: Here you'll find news of our latest campaigns and road safety advice to keep everyone safer on the UK's roads. You can download leaflets, factsheets and posters. Bikesafe: BikeSafe is an initiative run by Police Forces around the United Kingdom who work with the whole of the biking world to help to lower the number of motorcycle rider casualties. Highway Code: Used in UK, but essentially covers most theoritical aspects related to rules of the road. Indian rules are not any different and in te absence of a similar resource publication from Indian authorities, this should be more than handy. Cycle Sense: This site gives essential tips to cyclists for staying out of harm's way. Get street wise now by checking them out. A detailed paper on road safety written by Captain Amjad H. Faizi, Chief Executive, Institute of Safety & Human Factors, Pakistan.