Re: [sss-global] Roads are unsafe for morning walkers - senior citizens

Earlier it was a practice to walk opposite to the traffic, so that you see an oncoming vehicle. These days with dividers being provided all over, and the police being ineffective, it is very common to see cars and two wheelers moving on the wrong side. So when walking in the direction opposite to traffic a walker gets hit invariably by someone driving on the wrong side and gets hit from behind when he least expects a vahicle. Also when crossing a road even in dense traffic you may be safe from vehicles on your right, but can get hit by a vehicle driven on the wrong side from the left. Unfortunately our police seems at least in Hyderabad, to be most sympathetic to these type of violations, and are busy checking only documents, while any number of vehicles may be passing in front of them on the wrong side.  Even GOD cannot help a pedestrian, whether young or old, in our city, where the police glorifies the wrong doer. All the best, but still keep praying,if not GOD at least some top cop may hear your prayers.   C0L Jaswanth Rao (Retd) --- On Sat, 22/5/10, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy@gmail.com> wrote: From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy@gmail.com> Subject: [sss-global] Roads are unsafe for morning walkers - senior citizens To: sss-global@yahoogroups.com, sss_global_backup-garchive-17697@googlegroups.com, "vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy@gmail.com> Cc: vyasamoorthy1.kaaranam-ketkadhe@blogger.com Date: Saturday, 22 May, 2010, 1:07 PM   Message #61473 of 62701 < Prev | Next > Majority of senior citizens are killed during morning walks Traffic experts say most senior citizens are unable to move out of the way quickly when a speeding driver is nearing them, making them vulnerable........Megha Sood City's roads continue to remain unsafe for senior citizens. As per the accident statis- tics from the Mumbai traffic police department, during last year, of the 628 deaths due to road accidents 219 victims were aged 50 years and above. In 2008, city roads claimed the lives of 187 elderly out of the 622 road accident deaths. According to data, the rea- son for more than one third of accident victims being the eld- erly is the slow reflexes of sen- ior citizens, making them vul- nerable. Traffic experts say most senior citizens are unable to move out of the way quickly when a speeding driver is near- ing them. Experts also said that older people are more vul- nerable to injury than younger people and succumbed easier. Nandkumar Chougule, deputy commissioner of police (traffic) said: "Most accidents happen during early morning hours and late evening when the drivers tend to speed as there is less traffic on the roads. Most old people are out on walks during the early morning hours and therefore their number in the total vic- tims of road accidents is high- er." According to traffic data, after senior citizens, the age group of 18-30 years is the most prone to road accidents. 131 youngsters died in acci- dents in 2008 while in 2009 -- 152 youngsters' lives were lost in road accidents. URL: Hindustan Times, Page No: 3, Dated: April 01, 2010 ========== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278 My blog: http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/ __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: New Members 4 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___