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Article: Don't smoke and drive in New Delhi, court rules
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 29, 2007
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NEW DELHI -- Smoking poses serious health risks. So does driving
in New Delhi.
And combining the two is deadly, according to two New Delhi
judges who have barred smoking behind the wheel, officials said
Tuesday, apparently the first such ban in the world.
Declaring "New Delhi roads dangerous to human life," the city's
High Court on Monday imposed a slew of new measures aimed at
deterring habitually bad drivers, including the smoking ban and a
prohibition on using mobile phones while behind the wheel.
"Anything that distracts the attention of driver is dangerous.
The human mind cannot do two things simultaneously," said New
Delhi's traffic commissioner Qamar Ahmed, welcoming the ruling, ...