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India's two-wheeler safety revolution is entering a new and ambitious phase. Having already mandated Anti-lock Braking Systems and BIS-certified helmets for all new two-wheelers from January 2026, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is now consulting with manufacturers on a significant further amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules — one that would introduce Hands-Off Handlebar Detection Systems as a mandatory safety feature across all newly type-approved two-w

Every day, millions of Indian riders put on a helmet — and assume they are protected. Many of them are wrong. The helmet on a rider's head is only life-saving if it is genuine, certified, correctly sized, and properly worn. A fake helmet — one that carries a fraudulent BIS mark, costs Rs 110 to manufacture, and collapses under basic impact testing — offers negligible protection in a crash while creating a dangerous and potentially fatal illusion of safety. In a country where

In a striking act of institutional leadership, the District Collector of Ballari rode a motorcycle through the city's streets wearing a helmet — personally demonstrating the road safety behaviour that the district administration is working to make universal among Ballari's two-wheeler riding population. The gesture was not merely symbolic. In a district where over 103 road deaths were recorded in just the first four months of 2025 — most involving helmet-less riders — the Dis

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that there is effectively "no concept of lane driving in India" as it dealt with a batch of matters concerning road safety compliance. The observation — delivered with characteristic directness by a bench of the country's highest court — cuts to the heart of a road safety failure that claims tens of thousands of lives on Indian roads every year. In a country where lane indiscipline is so normalised that it barely registers as a violation

On the occasion of Mother's Day, the Rotary Club Panchkula Greens, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Traffic Police, organised a special road safety awareness campaign dedicated to the safety and well-being of women drivers. The initiative — warm in its sentiment and urgent in its purpose — used the occasion of Mother's Day to deliver a road safety message that is both deeply personal and nationally relevant: every mother deserves to return home safely to her loved ones, a

Hyderabad's Traffic Training Institute in Goshamahal has opened its doors this summer to 100 children aged 10 to 15 — not for conventional academic study but for something with the potential to save lives on the city's roads for decades to come. The Road Safety Summer Camp 2026, inaugurated by Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) D. Joel Davis on Monday, is the Hyderabad Traffic Police's most direct investment in the road safety culture of the next generation — a structured

A fake helmet is not protection — it is a death trap disguised as safety. That blunt and chilling assessment from Rajeev Kapur, President of the Two Wheeler Helmet Manufacturers Association of India, captures the core of a mounting road safety crisis that the industry is now demanding the government address with urgency and force. The Two Wheeler Helmet Manufacturers Association has issued a comprehensive appeal to the government, BIS authorities, transport departments, and e

On May 8, 2026, Delhi Traffic Police organised one of the most expansive road safety awareness events in the capital's recent history — a Mega Road Safety Awareness Programme at Adarsh Auditorium, Delhi Police Headquarters, that reached nearly one lakh school students across Delhi through a combination of physical attendance and live-streaming on YouTube. Organised in collaboration with the PRO, Delhi Police, and the Directorate of Education, GNCTD, the event brought road saf

Road safety in India is no longer a matter of government statistics and policy papers alone — it has entered the daily consciousness of millions of ordinary citizens. A major new international survey has found that nearly two-thirds of Indians are actively concerned about road safety in their immediate surroundings, and that this concern is matched by broad, consistent support for a wide range of measures to address it. The findings — drawn from the Ipsos Global Mobility Surv

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken an innovative step in its ongoing road safety mission — using artificial intelligence to produce a film that places child passenger safety at the centre of the national conversation. Titled Sahi Seat, Surakshit Safar, the Hindi-language film has been developed in collaboration with Road Safety Network and is being distributed across MoRTH's official social media platforms including X and Instagram. At a time when road

In one of the most visible and symbolically powerful road safety gestures by a senior government official in recent memory, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha rode a motorcycle wearing a helmet through the streets of Payakaraopeta — leading from the front in a large-scale bike rally organised to raise awareness about road accidents. The rally, held under the resonant slogan Safe Roads – Safe Life, drew enthusiastic participation from nearly 500 youths and police

A landmark new survey has confirmed what India's road safety advocates have long argued: the Indian public is not indifferent to road safety — it is actively concerned, broadly informed, and ready to back a comprehensive range of solutions. The Ipsos Global Mobility Survey 2026, covering 31 markets worldwide, reveals that 63 percent of Indians surveyed are concerned about road safety in their area — a figure that places India among the most safety-conscious nations in the sur

Delhi's roads are generating a staggering enforcement story in 2026 — and at its centre is a figure that reveals the scale of India's helmet compliance crisis with brutal clarity. Delhi Traffic Police are issuing approximately 4,000 challans every single day for helmet-less riding — a daily enforcement volume that places the national capital at the frontline of India's effort to make two-wheeler safety non-negotiable. Behind each challan is a rider who made a choice to skip t

India's roads are being turned into film sets — and the consequences are fatal. From Delhi drivers executing high-speed lane-swerving stunts for viral videos, to a Maharashtra biker who died attempting a "no-hands" reel on a highway, to luxury car convoys blocking arterial roads for cinematic shots, a deeply troubling pattern has taken hold across the country. These are not isolated incidents of youthful carelessness — they are symptoms of a normalised, algorithmic-driven cul

Gujarat Police will carry out a statewide helmet enforcement drive from May 1 to May 31, 2026, aiming to ensure strict compliance with road safety norms under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The month-long drive — one of the most comprehensive helmet enforcement campaigns in Gujarat's recent road safety history — targets both riders and pillion passengers across every city and district in the state, deploying traffic police at government office entry points and ordering round-t

Bihar's proposed Intelligent Traffic Management System project has attracted interest from 42 companies across India and abroad — signalling strong industry confidence in one of the most ambitious AI-driven road safety initiatives undertaken by any state government in India. The initiative aims to address rising vehicle congestion, traffic violations, and road accidents across Bihar through technology-driven solutions that bring continuous, automated enforcement to the state'

Every year, tens of thousands of Indians die on the road for one reason alone: they were not wearing a helmet. Not because a helmet was unavailable. Not because they could not afford one. But because they chose not to wear it — on a familiar road, for a short trip, in hot weather, or simply out of habit. Of all India's road safety failures, helmet non-compliance stands alone as the most avoidable, the most documented, and the most stubbornly persistent. It is a crisis with a

A decade ago, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems felt like a luxury-car talking point reserved for buyers at the very top of the market. Today, ADAS is at the centre of India's most urgent road safety conversation — and the country's regulatory framework, testing infrastructure, and consumer mindset are all moving rapidly to match that shift. For a nation that records over 1.7 lakh road fatalities every year on roads that are crowded, mixed, and constantly unpredictable, ADAS

Indore's streets turned into a moving road safety classroom on April 27, 2026, as the city's traffic management police organised a large-scale helmet awareness bike rally under the direct guidance of Commissioner of Police Santosh Kumar Singh. Traversing one of the city's most prominent routes — from Palasia Square through Ghantaghar and Regal Circle to the historic Rajwada — the rally brought together police officials, NGOs, and dedicated Traffic Praharis in a unified, visib

India's road safety strategy is about to enter a new technological era. The Government of India is preparing to free up dedicated radio spectrum to enable Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication technology — a system that will allow cars, buses, trucks, and two-wheelers to exchange real-time safety data directly with each other, without depending on mobile networks or internet connectivity. The proposal was outlined by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari followi