It pains me when I read about citizens dying due to road accidents. 

3 Lakhs people die every year due to road accidents. 50 Lakhs are affected due to the accidents and a $58 billion loss to the economy 

                      We need to stop this. We need to save lives. 

           Roads should be paths for a new life, but not graveyards.

Education cannot be just for career & money. It should help in becoming better citizens.

We need to ensure a safe traffic environment for current and future generations.

- Kids tend to believe & follow more what they learn in #schools .

- They will be instrumental in questioning parents who don't follow traffic rules.

Time is running fast, the population is increasing and there are more people buying vehicles. This in turn is causing traffic issues affecting most of the cities and also throughout the rest of India. We see citizens (drivers and pedestrians) not following signals, driving in opposite direction, and speeding (just a few examples). Due to this travel time increases, lot of accidents happen and there is loss of human lives. The fact that transport departments of various states are unable to educate people about traffic discipline is compounding the problems even more. Educating the people and same time enforcement by various authorities is extremely important to reduce the traffic issues.

 On one side of transport, authorities do have the process of written exams on traffic rules before giving a driver’s license. But who will educate

• the pedestrians
• the kids who are driving before they reach the age for getting a driver's license
• whoever is riding on bicycles (from as early as age 5)

How can we really ensure everybody in the country gets the required education on traffic discipline?

 I think this can be addressed only in one way. We need to introduce traffic education as a complete subject in the school curriculum. This should be a compulsory subject in primary, middle, and high school in any school education board. This will at least ensure that all future generations get the education on traffic discipline.

Benefits of learning in school

- More chances of Kids following it in future

- Kids will question parents not following

Some school education boards do have traffic guidelines like following signals, using zebra crossings, etc covered in some subjects. But the education should be extensive similar to any other subjects like Maths etc. I think the Transport Authority of India can help in framing the syllabus. Traffic education is surely the need of the hour.

 There is no doubt that transport authorities should also look into proper infrastructure for citizens to follow the rules and also rules should be enforced strictly. But same time awareness of the rules is extremely important.

SIGN and SHARE this Petition to REQUEST “HRD MINISTRY OF INDIA” TO MAKE TRAFFIC EDUCATION COMPULSORY AS MANDATORY SUBJECT AS PART OF SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN ALL EDUCATION BOARDS THROUGHOUT INDIA