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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicCar safety

Topic: car safety

India can’t prevent road accidents but it can reduce fatalities—advanced tools, trauma care

One in every three accidents on Indian roads leads to a fatality. Developing road infrastructure cannot compensate accident fatalities that can be prevented with better facilities.

Hyundai India raised the bar with 6 airbags. But here is why you shouldn’t obsess over them

It’s a misconception that airbags save lives no matter how bad an accident. If you’re not belted in, hitting an airbag can feel like an uppercut from Mike Tyson.

Multiple crash tests, star ratings — Gadkari launches India’s car safety assessment system Bharat NCAP

The Bharat New Car Assessment Programme is a voluntary measure for car manufacturers to evaluate safety features in their vehicles. The programme will be rolled out on 1 October.

New safety ratings for passenger cars to begin from 1 October, says road transport ministry

Vehicle protection for adults and children, as well as the ‘fitment of safety assist technologies’ will be tested and given star ratings from zero to five.

GS Caltex India launches the 2nd edition of #GaadiKeDoctor campaign to honor the Mechanics on its 13th Anniversary

The campaign #GaadiKeDoctor highlights GS Caltex India’s 13th anniversary & dedicates 2nd Feb day to the mechanics of the country and honor them for keeping the vehicles safe for driving. 

Mistry’s death shows the importance of airbags. But they are pointless without seat belts

Many would consider Cyrus Mistry’s Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d ‘safer’. But there were several bad hot-takes on social media about the car's ‘rear’ airbags not getting deployed.

Dear Indian parents, don’t drive with kids in your lap. Child seats are easily available

It is shocking that few Indian kids today are in child seats. And it is not a question of affordability or non-availability of seats.

India readying Bharat NCAP for safer cars but curbing violations can make big difference too

The New Car Assessment Programme or NCAP is a standard of car-safety testing. It involves crashing a brand-new vehicle to rate it on the safety scale.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts training Jammu & Kashmir cops 

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.