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#ZeroAccidents : TOWARDS ZERO ACCIDENTS

                           


                                    Towards
                      ZERO ACCIDENTS 
                                            A
                         Comprehensive Guide 
                                           To
                                   Road Safety







                                           By
                                    N P SAMAL 



                               DEDICATION 

 I dedicate this book to my wife Mrs. Jayashree                      Beura who gifted me a car in 2011.



                                  



                             CONTENT

1. Great Conspiracy: A short play
2. God's instructions
3. My Experience 
4. Driving: A psycho-motor skill
5. The Vicious Circle 
6. Preliminary work
7. Major causes of accidents 
8. Passive causes of accidents 
9. Context Driving 
10. The biggest killers: A data
11. Setting principles
12. Hard principles 
13. Technology
14. Psychological factors
15. Human mind is a glue stick
16. Exercising mind 1
17. Exercising mind 2
18. Common distractions
19. Vision of mind
20. Moving vehicle vs driver seated
21. Balancing 
22. Experience and mistakes 
23. Power of empathy
24. Monopoly of driving 
25. You can be betrayed
26. Mind it!
27. The adage: You are only sane human driving. 
28. Driving under pressure 
29. Why seat belt / helmet
30. Passenger vehicles and stage carriage
31. Perils of craze
32. Fleeing and chasing
33. Diversions
34. Traffic points
35. Traffic ideologies 
36. Perils of conversation 
37. Joy driving 
38. Driving is a meditation 
39. Do not push time to an edge
40. Cautious driving 
41. Tendency of keeping ahead
42. Multiple stops
43. Wisdom
44. Times of India editorial 
45. Our world is our brain 
46. The middle pedal
47. Patience
48. Common cruxes / crunches
49. Thinking beforehand 
50. Minding oil
51. Love the left
52. Horn it wise!
53. Mind vs body
54. A crux
55. Common distractions 
56. Interesting rules
57. Situational awareness
58. Disruptions inside
59. Cruising around
60. Phone-talking
62. Road accidents: A data
63. Drive-safely.net
64. Before you drive
65. Clean glasses
66. Seat and mirrors
67. Child restraints
68. Rules of the road
69. Safe driving tips
70. FAQs
71. Dashcam
72. Never drive in wrong mindset
73. Take familiar road
74. Indicators and horn
75. Tailgating 
76. Speed
77. Input levels
78. Seating ergonomics
79. Familiarity with the vehicle 
80. Tips for the new learner
81. Road-sharing
82. Before you drive
83. Vital things to remember 
84. My experience 
85. Me, first!
86. NP's facts
87. Questions people do not ask
88. I am a good driver
89. One-way traffic
90. U-turns and diversions 
91. Human error: A study
92. Many a slip
93. Reflexes
94. Running mind
95. Survey
96. Ignorance of traffic rules
97. Vision of mind 2
98. Traffic signs / display boards
99. Median and diversions 
100. Importance of chauffeur
101. AI support system 
102. Social intelligence: civic sense
103. Fake vehicles 
104. The laws
105. Quotes

Accident analysis 
Princess Diana's death
Cyrus Mistry's death
G Lasya Nandita's death


Individual responsibilities 
Proper parking



State responsibilities 
Necessary signage 
Road infrastructure 
Regular road care
Proper traffic police
Ample street lights
Colored humps
Hump warning 
Coordination between departments 
Additional deployment of traffic police 


                                 PREFACE


                    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Sj. Thakur Prasad Patra, former DCP (Traffic), Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police, Odisha.
Sj. Prakash Mohapatra, Editor-in-chief, Bima Chronicle, Bhubaneswar. 

                                 EPIGRAPH
"Accidents do not happen; they are caused."


                    MESSAGE TO HUMANITY

1) Life is 100% safe with 100% care and 100% unsafe with even less than 1% carelessness. 
2) Accidents take place more because of our
own negligence than any other causes. 
3) Accident caused by our negligence amounts
to a social crime and a sin in the eyes 
of God. 
4) God has given us life with the most solemn duty to always remain 100% careful of our own safety, sefety of the others, and grow safely together to fulfill His purpose of life on 
the planet. 
5) Our safe living is our biggest divine responsibility.       
               -- N P Samal, Towards Zero Accidents 



                               INTRODUCTION 




Data Tables


Case Studies


Interviews 



Books on road safety 
1. Mission Advanced Road Safety by Praveenchandra Shetty 
2. Essentials of Road Safety by Ashwini Bagga & Nisha Bagga
3. Road Safety Management: Issues and Perspectives by Prabha Shastri Ranade 
4. Road Traffic Legislation--India by Rohit Baluja
5. The Handbook of Road Safety Measures (2nd edition) by Rune Elvik, Alena Hoye, Truls Vaa & Michael Sorensen 
6. Delivering Road Safety in India by Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) & The World Bank
7. Manual on Road Safety Audit by Indian Road Congress
8. Traffic Safety edited by George Yannis and Simon Cohen








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