How Risk Perceptions Influence Traffic Accidents on India’s Roads

Penalties were sharply increased under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act but enforcement is in the hands of state-level institutions and the stringent provisions under the MVA have been consciously diluted, leaving the citizens responsible for their destiny, writes Mr Sharif Qamar, Associate Director and Ms Shreya Gupta, Research Associate, Transport & Urban Governance Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).