Faced with a spurt in fatal accidents involving two wheeler riders, the Tamil Nadu Government has made helmets mandatory. It took hundreds of awareness rallies, appeals from the traffic police and a public interest litigation to persuade the government to bring back the compulsory helmet rule. Two-wheeler riders account for a majority of fatal accidents in the country with most of the victims below 40 years succumbing to head injuries. Last year, for instance, 450 two wheeler riders in Chennai met with fatal accidents. read more

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