Supreme Court is not saying : Do not drink
It is only saying : Do not drink and drive on highways
It should have said : Do not drink and drive anywhere /
anytime ( even on small city lanes )
Of course , if Highway Patrols were doing an efficient
( and non-corrupt ) job of catching drunk drivers on highways , then there
would have been no need for placing a ban on selling of liquor within 500
meters
But in the absence of such efficient patrolling ( and
not accepting bribes ? ), expect those drivers to make a round trip of 500
meters ! That will be the only
difference !
The record of 1.48 lakh deaths due to road accidents (
in 2015 ) will get broken !
Experts are saying : This ban will result in a loss of
ONE MILLION jobs from closure of 35,000 bars and restaurants !
Sellers / Industry are saying : States may lose , Rs 50,000
crore of tax revenue
State Governments are saying : We will de-notify some highways and rename
these as “ Roads “ ( even if we have neither the money , nor the manpower to
maintain these ! )
Supreme Court could say : File a Review Petition , promising
to implement the following technology-based solutions , by end 2017 and we will
revoke our order !
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23 March 2017
Shri
Raoteji has a Vision
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And that vision is
to “ INSTANTLY
– AUTOMATICALLY IMMOBILIZE “
all vehicles whose drivers, are drunk ( see Times of India / 22 March . news
report below ) :
“ Alcohol
sensors in state-run buses to curb drunk driving ? “
The transport department is exploring a new technology developed by a
group of engineering students that prevents a drunk driver from plying a public
transport bus.
The
system involves installing an 'alcohol sensor' in the driver's cabin that will automatically stop the engine
if it detects that the driver is in an inebriated state.
"We are looking at the feasibility of introducing the technology in state transport buses and other public transport buses," state transport minister Diwakar Raote told media persons after inaugurating a day-long workshop on road safety on Tuesday.
Stating that drunk driving is a
serious, unpardonable offence, he added, "The government will take harsh
steps to nab and punish drunk drivers."
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But , if Shri Raoteji has his way , he
would like to “ INSTANTLY
– and AUTOMATICALLY IMMOBILIZE “ ( without human
intervention / discretion ) , all those vehicles on the roads which :
·
Keep honking / jumping red
light signals / obstructing traffic
·
keep cutting lanes / overtake
wrongly / violate speed limits
·
park in “ No Parking “ zones
or on footpaths or double parking
·
hit other vehicles or
pedestrians ( exceed “ XYZ “ number of accidents “ )
·
belch smoke / have noisy
exhausts ( exceed pollution limits of any type )
·
driven by drivers without
valid driving license / by under-aged persons
·
driven wrong way in “ One Way
“ lanes
·
are “ older “ than 15 years
·
whose REGISTRATIONS have
expired / not paid road-tax
·
which are carrying CONTRABAND
drugs
Dear Shri Raoteji :
Your VISION
of how transport must run in 2020
, is feasible / doable
Just ask
those Engineering Students to take up the challenge and develop the
technology-platform conceptualized in my following blogs :
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06 April 2017