Director General of Police K R Srinivas on Thursday stressed the need for including traffic-related issues in school syllabi to create awareness about traffic norms among children.
He was addressing a gathering after releasing ‘Must Read This-If you are a road user’ a traffic norm related booklet edited by M D Patil.

ACCIDENTS

No. of deaths in accidents across the State:
Year                    Death
2005  6904
2006  7973
2007  8686

Penalty collected for violating traffic norms:
Year             Rs (in cr)
2005  10
2006  21
2007  28