Challenges

♤ Police force need to be made professional and accountable if we want to reduce traffic fatalities, which stood at 1,46,133 in 2015.

♤ State governments must prepare for an early roll-out of administrative reforms prescribed

in the amended law, such as issuing learner’s licenses online

♤ Research shows that imposing stricter penalties tends to reduce the level of enforcement of road rules. According to IIT Delhi’s Road Safety in India report of 2015, the deterrent effect of law depends on the severity and swiftness of penalties as well as the perception that the possibility of being caught for violations is high.