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action for the reduction of road accidents would be the
elimination or at least minimization of driver error.

Thus driver education assumes crucial importance. The
training imparted by the motor training schools must be
intensive and adequate to provide the skills needed in
complex traffic situations. Driver training should be
designed not only to provide the necessary driving skills
but also to develop in the driver a strong sense of personal
and social responsibility for safe operation of motor
vehicles. It is also essential that testing standards of
Road Transport Authorities must be of a stringent order.

In advanced countries also, many analyses conducted
in the cause of traffic accidents clearly indicate that
human factors such as bad habits, ignorance, lack of
skill psychophysical disabilities, wrong driving attitudes
and other personal limitations account for the majority
of accidents.

These negative factors also influence pedestrian
behavior, especially in the major cities and town where
there is heavy concentration of population. Improving
Pedestrian behavior is a long term process. It is
essentially a matter of self discipline. Safety
consciousness and civic sense will have to be fostered
right from the elementary school level. Secondly,

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