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National & International Conference |
“Benchmarking Road Traffic Enforcement for Road Safety”
New Delhi, October 30-31, 2003
Conference Recommendations ! International Delegates ! National Delegates ! Programme
About the Conference
Road Traffic Accidents have become the single largest threat to our humanity. Approximately 85,000 people are killed in road accidents and 1.2 million meet with serious injuries every year in India alone, causing an annual social economic loss of Rs.55,000 crores.
Enforcement is the key element in road safety management. Non-definition of enforcement, poor expertise and skills of enforcers and a lack of modern support in terms of tools and systems of enforcement have led to a non- development of a safe road user culture in India. This has resulted in an attitude of callousness amongst road users. Aggressive driving, tailgating, dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, over-speeding are some of the very common violations which are on the increase.
| The Conference has been organized by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and the Institute for Traffic Care (Holland) in cooperation with Tispol - Spain, (European Traffic Police Network) - Spain, ICAP (International Association of Chiefs of Police), Road Safe, UK, Centrex, Bramshill Police Academy - UK and RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) UK. |
The Conference
The two-day Conference was the first global initiative in benchmarking road-traffic enforcement through international sharing of good practices and successful implemented enforcement strategies.
The Conference laid special emphasis on:
Re-defining the enforcement with current relevance;
Suggesting the role and coordination of responsible agencies in enforcement;
Definition and allocation of traffic related fines;
Accident Investigation and Analysis as a core issue to understanding the complex issues relating to enforcement;
Legislation for important enforcement issues like: dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, over-speeding, school transportation, parking, protection for two wheeler riders etc;
Tools ands systems for effective enforcement;
Infrastructure for Enforcement;
Expertise and Skills for enforcers;
Driver Training;
Vehicle Certification and enforcement;
Public dealing;
Crisis Management and handling of collisions;
Global coordination and dissemination of best practices.
Venue
The Conference washeld at The "Gulmohar" India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
Mr George Fernandes
Honorable Union Minister of Defence , Govt. Of India inaugurated the conference on October 30th, 2003 at 9 a.m. Mr. Digambar Kamat, Honorable Minister for Power and Urban Development, Govt. of Goa, Mr. A.V. Singh, IAS Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Mr. K. M. Singh, IPS Director General, CISF participated in the inaugural event.
The Valedictory Session of the conference was held on October 31, 2003 at 4 pm at the same venue. Mr. Ved Prakash Marwah, Honorable Governor of Jharkhand was the Chief Guest at the Valedictory Session. |
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Delegates
76 delegates who were experts from USA, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UK, Australia, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Costa Rica deliberated in the conference. The Indian delegates includes heads of police, Transport and Municipal Departments associated with the enforcement. The Organisations which participated included World Bank, ADB, WHO, UN Habitat, Centre UK, Transport Research Laboratory United Kingdom, Institute for Traffic Care, The Netherlands, Institute of Road Traffic Education, Swedish National Police Academy, Amsterdam Police, Central Road Research Institute, CISF, SIAM, Road Safe, RoSPA, Intrafpol,etc.
Outcome
The Outcome document would become the first major step towards:
Harmonization and standardisation of issues mentioned earlier;
An important guideline for enforcement of road traffic in developing countries.
This document will be presented at the Expert Meeting in March 2004 in the Netherlands, being organized by the ITC in close co-operation with the United Nations.
The final outcome will be presented at the end of 2004 at the UN Head Quarters in New York to the Secretary General, United Nations.
Sponsors & Co-sponsors - Castrol India Ltd and VIA of the Netherlands were the main Sponsros. The Co-sponsors included the Indian Oil, New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Hero Honda, United India Insurance & Hindustan Petroleum.
