With an aim to mitigate and reduce the road fatalities, Honda conducted 20 Road & Life Safety training cum awareness program. The training lessons imparted in the training will help the participants learn basic first aid and life-saving skill so that they could help accident victims on roads. Over 5000 participants in Bhiwadi region of old Alwar, Rajasthan were trained in this training programme.
With an aim to mitigate and reduce the road fatalities, Honda conducted 20 Road & Life Safety training cum awareness program. The training lessons imparted in the training will help the participants learn basic first aid and life-saving skill so that they could help accident victims on roads. Over 5000 participants in Bhiwadi region of old Alwar, Rajasthan were trained in this training programme.
Honda recently presented customized motorcycles to state police of Jharkhand, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. These motorcycles have been powered with modern policing features like revolving flashers & blinkers, public announcement systems, sirens, flashlights, two Honda safety helmets per motorcycle & cruiser side box. The initiative was taken under Honda’s CSR commitment to make Indian roads safer. Further through this step, the police will also keep a check on the crime in their respective cities. Expanding this commitment, Honda will further expand this drive to more states in the near future.
In order to curb speeding vehicles, Honda 2Wheelers India has provided a fleet of fully equipped interceptors to Rajasthan Police. With a 360 degree camera mounted on top and visual identification for up to 500 meters, the Interceptor was conceived to fulfill various roles such as traffic law enforcement, enforcement on a mobile platform, traffic education, primarily first aid and rescue, road and infrastructure surveys, deterrent and road safety audits. Additionally, to offer our industry expertise in road safety, Traffic Assistance Booths have been set up across National Highways 2 and 8. Motorcycles fully equipped with public announcements systems, sirens, flashlights, 120 high-quality safety helmets, first aid boxes, cones at assistance booths and reflective jackets for traffic police guards, have also been provided to assist the police in monitoring traffic. There is no substitute for improved and effective policing in times when the crime graph appears overwhelming.
Haryana as a state and the cosmopolitan city of Gurugram experiences crime like any other state in India does, its proximity to the national capital region lends it more attention than others. The 2016 National Crime Records Bureau, ranks Haryana 4th among all states and union territories on reported incidences of rape, abduction, kidnapping, and murder. A system was thus needed that would help increase confidence among citizens and allow them to feel safer while venturing out of their homes.
It has been Honda's mission to make roads safe for people to access and has taken steps which have made highways safer as part of the traffic assistance booths which now cover the major national highways of NH1,2 and 8. Taking this initiative deeper, Honda 2Wheelers has joined hands with the Haryana Police department to evolve a community policing initiative which would lend wheels to beat officers and increase their responsiveness in Gurugram.
This initiative was named as PRAHRY or sentinel. A Quick Response Team (QRT) was thus set up to act as an extension arm for the police and allow for efficiency in crime management within the state. The QRT is expected to help the police address complaints by responding quickly as time is of the essence in the case of most crimes. Crime detection and prevention will, therefore, receive a major boost under this joint initiative.
Honda draws the inspiration to be a part of this initiative from SDG-11 which focusses on making cities and roads safer, especially for women, children, and senior citizens. Putting wheels to this idea, Honda 2Wheelers has provided 60 fully equipped motorcycles complete with sirens, flashlights, public announcement system, reflective gear for policemen and safety helmets. These QRT units are tagged to identified police stations basis crime propensity by the Haryana Police department and patrol sensitive points across the city during day and night. Within a month of its operation which began on January 2018, the Quick Response Team was able to assist over 200 persons at the time of need. Streets are expected to only get safer and crime-free over time making such public spaces accessible to all at all times, with QRT teams keeping a vigilant watch. This initiative is expected to increase the number of touchpoints people can access in the event of a crime and will increase the spirit of cooperation between the community and police, leading to safer streets and roads.
Honda 2Wheelers India, in collaboration with various state government authorities, conducted national road safety summer camps across 8 cities for children during their summer vacations. These camps, organized at our traffic training parks, aimed to develop children as Safety Champions in all aspects of road safety, starting from a pedestrian and growing up to a rider. Through these camps, we are working to develop a safe and ready ecosystem for our children. Under the 'Be seen, Be safe' program, schoolchildren were educated about the importance of maintaining visibility while using the road. Different schools were invited to respective traffic training parks where they were educated about the importance of individual visibility while using the road. The target age group was 5 to 13 years. Various aspects of visibility were covered which included maintaining visibility while using the road as a pedestrian while using the road as a cyclist and while using the road as a pillion rider. A total of 65 schools participated in the program and covering 7626 students. Through the 'Stop Before the Stop Line' initiative taken in Coimbatore, vehicle users are being educated to respect the traffic signal and pause when the lights go red by being behind the white line. Trained NCC cadets and scouts were deployed at Traffic Signals adopted by Honda 2Wheelers. Once the traffic signal turned red, Traffic Police ensured that all vehicles at red signal stopped before the stop line. NCC Cadets and Scouts educated all vehicle users on road about the significance of “Stop before Stop Line” under the supervision of Honda Safety Riding Team and Traffic Officials and pasted stickers with the Stop Before stopping line theme. Audio Announcements at all adopted Traffic Signals were made to spread awareness. Banners with “Stop Before Stop Line” theme were installed at prominent visible sites and around traffic booth for awareness and recall.
Honda 2Wheelers India, in collaboration with various state government authorities, conducted national road safety summer camps across 8 cities for children during their summer vacations. These camps, organised at our traffic training parks, aimed to develop children as Safety Champions in all aspects of road safety, starting from a pedestrian and growing up to a rider. Through these camps, we are working to develop a safe and ready ecosystem for our children. Under the 'Be seen, Be safe' program, schoolchildren were educated about the importance of maintaining visibility while using the road. Different schools were invited to respective traffic training parks where they were educated about the importance of individual visibility while using the road. The target age group was 5 to 13 years. Various aspects of visibility were covered which included maintaining visibility while using the road as a pedestrian while using the road as a cyclist and while using the road as a pillion rider. A total of 65 schools participated in the program and covering 7626 students. Through the 'Stop Before the Stop Line' initiative taken in Coimbatore, vehicle users are being educated to respect the traffic signal and pause when the lights go red by being behind the white line. Trained NCC cadets and scouts were deployed at Traffic Signals adopted by Honda 2Wheelers. Once the traffic signal turned red, Traffic Police ensured that all vehicles at red signal stopped before the stop line. NCC Cadets and Scouts educated all vehicle users on road about the significance of “Stop before Stop Line” under the supervision of Honda Safety Riding Team and Traffic Officials and pasted stickers with the Stop Before stopping line theme. Audio Announcements at all adopted Traffic Signals were made to spread awareness. Banners with “Stop Before Stop Line” theme were installed at prominent visible sites and around traffic booth for awareness and recall.
A two day Mega Women Safety Riding Event was held at the Police Training College in Indore, covering an audience of over 3000 women. Basic riding tips about mobility, maintenance, and general check-ups were shared. Over 100 new riders were trained and a safe riding theory presentation was given to 1200 individuals.
To promote road safety under the aegis of the National Road Safety Week, a Pan-India training and awareness program was conducted across over 5,700 touchpoints. This initiative, conducted from 20th April to 23rd April 2018, included road safety engagement activities such as riding trainer simulators and dream riding. Road safety pledge and quizzes were organized throughout the week to promote helmet usage.
Haryana Vision Zero is Honda's flagship engagement in partnership with Haryana Government, WRI India and NASSCOM Foundation across 10 districts to reduce road accident related fatalities on major highways. The programme has helped in developing a case for evidence based action using black spot identification, road safety, improved signages, reflective road markings, FIR analysis and crash data investigation. This has created a platform for various government departments to deduce gaps, potential implications and act in concerted manner to make roads safe.
