Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: National Democratic Party Indian (NDPI) has appealed the Governor Satya Pal Malik to revoke the amended order of MVD.
State president, NDPI, Rajesh Gupta, said “High fines are not enough. Public attitudes towards Government rules and traffic casualties are so cavalier and callous that merely raising fines will achieve little”. He appealed the Governor to revoke the amended order of MVD on priority basis as it will only help policemen who will simply extract higher bribes to let off traffic offenders.
Gupta said we need a sustained public education campaign to sensitize people to the terrible tragedy entailed by every road death. “Today, people get angry if a top businessman or film star gets away with killing people by reckless driving. That anger needs to extend to every killer and every death. This cannot be done just by high fines or Government slogans – civil society groups will have to be part of the campaign,” he asserted.
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