HYDERABAD: Visible policing, dynamic vehicle checks and rigorous enforcement against drunk driving have reduced the fatality rate in road accidents in Rachakonda police commissionerate this year, Rachakonda traffic police claim. Attributing the success to traffic regulation and enforcement drives, police officials said traffic personnel were regulating traffic from 7 am to 10 pm every day as part of visible policing. Speed laser guns have been fixed on the state highways to Vijayawada and Warangal to put a check on speeding motorists.
Rachakonda additional DCP (traffic) N Divyacharan Rao said around 80 per cent of the accident victims were pedestrians and bikers. To avert accidents and ensure road discipline, dynamic vehicle checking, awareness programmes and drive against drunken driving are being conducted regularly.
The DCP also said that the accidents that took place on ORR this year were all due to speeding. To prevent this, the speed limit has been reduced to 100 kmph from 120 kmph, and speed laser guns have been installed on the expressway to penalise violators. The authorities concerned have been informed about the details of the motorists convicted by the courts to take necessary action so that it would serve as a warning to other motorists.
alarming figures
2,143 accidents, 570 killed till September 2016
1,926 accidents, 493 killed till September 2017
Since January 2017, courts have sentenced 579 persons, including 61 government servants and 25 students, to jail for drunken driving
