The death of former Tata Group chief Cyrus Mistry in a car crash on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway has renewed the clamour for better maintenance of the busy carriageway. Corroborating the findings by mid-day during a test drive on the arterial road last month, motorists took to social media to vent their frustration over the risky driving conditions on the busy road.

Mistry and another person died after the Mercedes they were travelling in hit a divider on a bridge over the Surya river, just 1 km ahead of Charoti toll plaza, on Sunday afternoon. At this point, the three-lane highway merges to become two. During mid-day’s test drive between Mumbai and Vapi on August 18, motorists said a lot of vehicles flout road safety rules, at times out of compulsions due to the pothole-ridden stretch.