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A SPECIAL DRIVE: A two-wheeler rally organised by students of Meenakshi College for Women and Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College on Thursday to highlight the importance of following road rules. — Photo: V. Ganesan
CHENNAI : What will happen when the Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) meets scores of college students? He will ask them to use subways and foot overbridges, drive carefully and use helmets. Lesson number 1: obey road rules. Otherwise, you will be part of the nearly 1,000 persons who are killed in road accidents in the city every year. JC Sunil Kumar didn't mince words at an awareness programme on `Road Safety,' organised by the Meenakshi College for Women on Thursday, when he talked about how rash driving and carelessness while crossing the road can maim you for life. "Out of 1,000 killed, nearly 400 were two-wheeler users and 300 pedestrians," Mr. Sunil Kumar told the youngsters. Lesson number 2: "Our own studies have shown that nearly 50 per cent of the two-wheeler accident victims died because of head injuries. Wearing helmets would have saved their lives." He lauded the management's plans to make wearing of helmets compulsory. Moral of the story: The city police will intensify action against jaywalkers; slap a Rs. 1,000-fine on those who use mobile phone while driving; and ensure that two-wheelers observe speed limits and lane discipline. Now for the good news: "There are 19 subways and three foot overbridges in the city. More subways are coming up. We have introduced a three-km lane for two-wheelers on Anna Salai — the stretch from Anna Square to Spencer Plaza. We will soon continue this lane after the Gemini flyover — from Teynampet to Guindy — to avoid any contact between two-wheelers and heavy vehicles."
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