Meet Bengaluru Teen Who Turned A Traumatic Childhood Accident Into a Road Safety Plan For 50000 People

Meet Bengaluru Teen Who Turned A Traumatic Childhood Accident Into a Road Safety Plan For 50000 People

“Road accidents do not happen because people don’t care. They happen because people are never taught early enough to care about themselves, about others, and about the road as a shared space,” says Surya Uthkarsha. For most people, road safety is something they begin to think about only when they start driving. For children, it is rarely spoken about in a meaningful way at all. They are expected to observe and somehow learn by trial and error in…