Chennai: Ford India recently released the findings of its annual road safety survey.
A press release said, Chennai, along with Kolkata took lead on all Cartesy scores with the highest proportion of Idealists, who are not just law-abiding and self- aware, but do not break rules unless there is an emergency or a ‘compulsion beyond control’.
A press release said, some of the highlights in the survey are, most respondents with driving licence feigned ignorance of basic traffic rules. While one in three respondents feel the traffic situation in their city varies between very bad to extremely bad, 97 per cent think ‘Distracted Driving’ (due to use of the mobile phone) and 81 per cent think ‘Aggressive Driving’ are the top causes of accidents in the country.
On average, nearly half of the commuters admitted to not displaying ideal behaviour that adheres to Compliance, Caution, and Compassion.
53 per cent respondents confessed they don’t always make way for emergency vehicles like an ambulance or fire truck.