New Delhi: Safety experts on Thursday stressed the need for better road and vehicle designs to bring down the number of road accident cases.
Speaking at a two day international on 'Dangers in Road Usage', the experts suggested shared responsibility for reducing fatal road accidents and stressed on the need for road safety.
The workshop that started on Thursday is being organised by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs, in partnership with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH).
"The United Nations conventions on road safety should be adhered and all road crashes should be investigated on scientific factors instead of making driver responsible for each crash . The responsibility of road safety should be shared by improving road engineering and safety in vehicles" said Jeffery Micheal, former associate highway transport safety administration in the US.
Mike Fell, Crash investigation and Enforcement specialist, in India traffic safety and enforcement is not given priority, the main reason for world's largest accidents taking place in India, and India need better traffic management
About 200 police official's, legal officers, and prosecutors from various parts of India, US, UK, The Netherlands and Finland are taking part in the workshop.
