Mismanaged STRESS can cause accidents; directly as well as indirectly. Thus the direct influence of the STRESS is through indisciplined, irresponsible, careless, uncontrolled and haphazard driving. The indirect influence of mismanaged STRESS is through the ad hoc, populist, indisciplined, irresponsible, careless, uncontrolled and haphazard; decision and policy making, plans, programs; and their implementation.

It is true that at young age; we feel like riding bicycles, scooters, motor cycles and cars. There is a craze of riding and racing on a vehicle. There is attraction for speed.

(The horse, donkey, camel, elephant and even buffalo riding are popular. But the number of animals is dwindling due unabated slaughter and devouring of animals. Moreover; the margins of profits in ‘animal ride businesses’; are possibly not as attractive as in the vehicle industries and trades. Since our entire life is profit centered; there is no promotion and/or hype of animal rides! Naturally; these rides are rare these days.)

As our (governments, industries, traders, banks, advertisers and the entertainment business) policies and programs of the; revolve around profit; there is artificial aggravation of biological instincts and craze of riding, speeding and racing; irrespective of its consequences! There is hype of hollow glamour, glitter, pomp, style, fashion and “one up man-ship”.

Our policies complement one another; in capitalizing on such crazes and creating social hazard and menace! Thus; excessive import and production of cars, motor cycles, scooters etc.; provision of easy and soft loans; promotion, marketing, hype of style statement and fashion; lead to morbidly hysterical demand and excessive increase in personal vehicles on road.

This leads to the STRESS of traffic jams, pollution; and accidents; in spite of ad hoc and piecemeal measures such as increasing traffic police, stringent traffic rules, compulsion of helmets etc.!

The root of this stress can be largely overcome by; adequate production and promotion in terms of quality and quantity; of vehicles of mass transport such as buses, locals, metro rails, monorails; and soft loans; for the purchase and use of these; in preference to private cars, and three and two wheelers.