We need these good initiatives at points just before Expressways and highways, especially in this season when accidents tend to increase, thanks to slick roads and traffic jams. Plus, there are more vehicles to getaway destinations and hill stations for picnics.

While these checkpoints are helpful, it is important that car owners/drivers themselves ensure safety. Their cars, brakes, tyres, all aspects have to be in top condition especially during the monsoon. Every car has to have wipers and lights working well. Let us take the onus for keeping our vehicles in mint condition, rather than have check post personnel greenlighting whether the car is fit to run or not. A check post can simply be one more layer of safety or caution, after the individual has ensured the car is working well. We should not need counsellors, though they are yet another safety layer telling us about the dangers of speeding. We should live and drive by the philosophy that speeding kills, pure and simple. A big thumbs up to all initiatives but let a real sense of responsibility for one’s life and that of others be ingrained in us.