1 person dies in a road accident every 4 minutes in India. Road accidents cause more deaths than natural disasters, diseases, and terror attacks. Road accidents are a leading cause of death in India. In 2015 alone, 1,46,133 people were killed, which translates to 11 deaths per 100,000 people, and 5,00,279 were injured due to road accidents. This also means India lost the equivalent of Shimla’s entire population in road accidents that year. Despite these grim statistics, road safety is not taken very seriously in the country.
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Rash and careless driving continue to be the leading cause of road accidents, and while enough has been said and written about driving safely, sometimes these issues need to be addressed with some humour. Ok, a lot of humour.
Here’s the list of our favourite road signs from across the country that are so funny that they actually have the potential to slow one down. Imagine there’s someone out there whose only job must be to think of these hilarious puns.