Members of such groups as elite are chosen because they can see and have used their skills to become well known. They choose to side with powers that appoint them. But they are still human and want to be appreciated by more people. Therefore one may attempt to show up publicly through the internet the errors in their recommendations by questioning them by name. The power of the internet has been demonstrated by Obama's election campaign. When the individuals realise their judgment is being evaluated and rejected they will either see more or resign. As the martial arts teacher says use the force of the opponent to overturn him R P Coelho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwarakanath" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "sudhakar hegde" <[email protected]>; "surisureshsuri23" <[email protected]>; "Rina Mahindra" <[email protected]>; "lalitha_c" <[email protected]>; "samkrupadass" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: CAF2934 Re: Wide city roads are highways of death
> > The ABIDE members are really elite people in the top most ladder of > social life. How can they see down below. Moreover, if they want to > see down below their vision is blurred because of the long gap between > what they see and what they should see. Struggle of the people > continues as long as someone really see and understand their problem. > dwarakanathdm, northbangalore citisens association. > On 2/15/09, Vinay Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: >> Looks like ABIDE and their proposed six laning i(BIG 10)is bound to cause >> a >> smiliar situation here as well amazing is the blinkered vision of >> highways >> to growth.... Where is road, traffic and pedestrian safety in this scheme >> of >> things in addition to cycling paths and NMT paths as well >> Vinay >> >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3252428.cms >> >> Wide city roads are highways of death >> >> 19 Jul 2008, 0510 hrs IST, Srinath Vudali, TNN >> >> >> >> HYDERABAD: Wide roads are turning out to be death traps in the city >> limits. >> As many as 214 people have perished in road accidents in the first six >> months compared to 391 deaths in 2007. In Cyberabad limits too, the >> situation is alarming with road accidents claiming 562 lives till June >> this >> year. In 2007, 1,153 people had died in road accidents. >> Police attribute the spurt in fatal accidents to wide roads, rash driving >> and violation of traffic norms. >> Till date, Hyderabad recorded 1,640 accidents, including 202 fatal ones, >> while in 2007 it was 3,286 with 383 people losing their lives on the >> roads. >> In the Cyberabad limits, 1,759 accidents, including 532 fatalities, have >> been reported so far. In 2007, while 3,660 met with accidents, 1,090 of >> them >> died. >> According to traffic police, 3,231 people suffered injuries in the city >> and >> its suburbs in the past six months. >> The worst-hit victims are pedestrians. Ninety pedestrians died in the >> city >> limits till June in comparison to 170 in 2007. The NFCL-KBR park stretch >> continues to be the most accident-prone area. In 2007, 131 accidents >> happened on the stretch followed by Langer Houz-Toli Chowki stretch with >> 71 >> deaths. >> "Most accidents in Hyderabad are because of rash driving. In most of the >> cases, the culprits have been found to be four-wheeler drivers, while the >> victims were pedestrians. Another prime reason for accidents is >> overtaking. >> Motorists instead of overtaking from the right do it from the left," >> additional commissioner of police (Traffic) V S K Kaumudi told 'TOI'. >> Though the number of accidents in Hyderabad has been coming down over the >> years, Cyberabad, in contrast, is recording more accidents year after >> year. >> "Though we are taking several measures, the accident rate has not dipped. >> Over speeding is the main reason for accidents. As most roads are wide >> and >> free of traffic, motorists drive recklessly. Lorry drivers have been >> found >> to be the biggest culprits. Not wearing helmet is another main cause of >> death among two-wheeler victims," a senior traffic police officer, >> requesting anonymity, said. >> In Cyberabad limits, police attribute most pedestrian deaths in accidents >> to >> lack of proper junctions. "At some junctions, there are no zebra >> crossings," >> the official added. >> However, hit-and-run accidents in city have come down during the night >> time >> because of crackdown on drunken driving, traffic police officials said. >> >> > >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.0/1959 - Release Date: 02/18/09 20:55:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
