It’s not that hard to drive on the correct side of the road
Updated On: 27 May, 2024 06:51 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
We frequently see vehicles plying on the wrong side, especially on smaller roads or bylanes. Sometimes, drivers or riders take a quick U-turn trying to reach a destination, on the wrong side as they claim it is only a short distance that they have to go
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IA 55-year-old biker was killed after a tempo being driven on the wrong side of a service road off the Western Express Highway crashed into him at Bandra East recently. The businessman biker was dragged 30 metres before the tempo came to a halt.
The tempo driver was on the wrong side, the driver had taken a short cut in order to save a few minutes. An additional CP (Traffic) has been cited in the report stating that driving on the wrong side is dangerous both for the driver and others. Roads that connect to highways are not service roads but slip roads which are made for motorists to enter and exit highways. Dividers cannot be set up on these roads. We have seen service or slip roads as the official claims they are called are very busy and they are usually quite narrow, so installing a divider is difficult.
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