In a letter to all the regional transport officers (RTOs/additional RTOs/assistant RTOs), Transport commissioner-cum-chairman of state Transport Authority (STA) Amitabh Thakur pointed out that road accidents and fatalities are relatively very high between October and February. The major factors for the accidents include poor visibility due to fog, over-speeding and heavy rush of vehicles to picnic spots and pilgrim places.
Most of the accidents are because of rear-end collisions or for crashing into parked vehicles. Another cause of concern is drunk driving leading to accidents during this period.
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