Sonam Kapoor revs up in helmet to 促進する safety の中で women riders

Anything that Sonam Kapoor dons becomes a style 声明. Perhaps driven by this idea, the Delhi Traffic Police roped in the Bollywood actress and fashionista to 促進する the use of helmets の中で woman riders.

On Saturday morning, Sonam surprised Delhiites by 冒険的な a helmet while 提起する/ポーズをとるing with a two-wheeler 近づく India Gate.

She was seen advising 運転者s, 特に women, to always wear a helmet even if they are riding pillion.

Actress Sonam Kapoor with JCP (Traffic) Delhi Police officer Satyendra Garg during a campaign to create awareness among women to wear helmets  at India Gate in New Delhi on Saturday

Actress Sonam Kapoor with 日本共産党 (Traffic) Delhi Police officer Satyendra Garg during a (選挙などの)運動をする to create 認識/意識性 の中で women to wear helmets at India Gate in New Delhi on Saturday

The actress joined the 交通警察(官)'s 運動 four days after two sisters - Santosh (35) and Neeta (24) - died in a road 事故 while riding a two-wheeler in the Ashok Vihar area.

Both the women were not wearing helmets.

The biker, whose 乗り物 the two-wheeler 衝突する/食い違うd with, escaped 損なわれない as he was wearing a 長,率いる gear at the time of the 事故.

Most women riding motorcycles in the 資本/首都 don't wear helmets as it has not been made 義務的な by the Delhi 政府.

Actress Sonam Kapoor advocates the use of helmets by Delhi women

Actress Sonam Kapoor 支持するs the use of helmets by Delhi women

The 控除 is in place にもかかわらず the Union 閣僚 認可するing 厳格な人 罰 for road safety norms 違反.

共同の commissioner of police (traffic), Satyendra Garg 確認するd that Santosh and Neeta were not wearing helmets.

"While the exact 原因(となる) of the 事故 and who was at fault is still 存在 調査/捜査するd, the fact remains that the man riding the motorcycle was wearing a helmet and hence escaped 損なわれない. Should we not learn from this?" the officer asked.

The 輸送(する) department of the Delhi 政府 has so far shied away from taking a stand on the helmet for women 問題/発行する and has decided to stick to the notification of June 1999, which made the use of helmets optional for women.

Sources in the Delhi 議会 said the 政府 does want to change its 姿勢 at this moment as the 地方自治体の 投票s are 一連の会議、交渉/完成する the corner.

"Helmet for women was made optional に引き続いて 抗議するs by the Sikh community. Now, when the 選挙s are just a few weeks away, it is not 平易な for the 政府 to make 改正s as it might annoy the community," a party leader said.

Section 129 of the モーター 乗り物s 行為/法令/行動する, applicable all over the country, makes it 義務的な for all twowheeler riders to wear helmets.

However, に引き続いて 抗議する by Sikhs, who argued that men of the community are not 許すd to wear anything over their turbans and the women have to keep their 長,率いるs covered with any sort of 隠す, the Delhi 政府 供給するd an exception in the 存在するing 支配する for Sikh men and all women as it was not 平易な to identify Sikh women from others.

によれば the data 利用できる with the 交通警察(官), 64 women died in road 事故s while travelling on two-wheelers without helmets in 2010. In 2011, 52 women died in 類似の 事故s.

So far in 2012, 35 women have died while riding a two-wheeler without a helmet.




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