Nine Burned Alive, a Pattern Ignored: What the Yamuna Expressway Bus Fire Says About India's Broken Road Safety Net
Why does driver accountability only arrive after the deaths, not before? The FIR alleges the driver was warned repeatedly and chose to keep driving rather than risk delay — prioritizing schedule over lives. That is a failure of individual judgment, certainly. But it's also a symptom of a transport culture where drivers and operators face little real-time consequence for cutting corners, and enormous financial pressure to keep vehicles moving regardless of warning signs.
25 Sep 08:27 · TFIPOST.com