This is urgently required as India faces the highest number of road accident deaths in the world with recorded deaths for year 2010 exceeding 160,000 mark.

US Department of Transport states that 21,000 of the annual 43,000 road accident deaths in the US are caused by roadway departures and intersection-related incidents.

Taking all road accident deaths into account, only the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden had a better record than the UK's figure of 94 deaths per million head of population.

We should instead take tougher action against persistent drunk drivers who are currently offending and causing road accident deaths and injuries where they are three or four times over the existing limit.

SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to reduce the high number of road accident deaths in India through rapid emergency care for injured victims.

Previously, CEI has claimed that automotive downsizing due to federal fuel economy standards increased road accident deaths, and criticized the delayed availability of new medical therapies due to Food and Drug Administration rules.

It was tried in 1968 for a couple of years and far from being a failure it was a great success, and pedestrian road accident deaths in children dropped too.The Scottish lobby put the kibosh on it then as they are tying to do now.

Road safety in Russia is poor with road accident deaths per million population higher than all countries in the G8 and the other BRIC countries, although the absolute number is actually less than China, India and USA .