The statistics released by the Delhi Traffic Police show that not even a single woman was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol in year 2017. They also claimed that the women involved in overall traffic offences were also almost negligible.
- According to reports by Delhi Police, it is to be believed that women in the national capital region are more obedient towards traffic laws as compared to men. And all accident fatalities comprise of 10 % of women victims, while around 14% of those injured in accidents happened to be female.
- The lower ratio of male drivers to female I.e. one-woman license holder to every 71 men in the city, explains why the prosecution statistics are so biased towards male.
The joint commissioner of Delhi traffic police appreciated the women drivers in the city for minding the traffic laws and said that women drive more carefully than men. The report also claimed that while speeding was the biggest killer on roads in Delhi, the commissioner highlighted that women were said to be driving within the speed limits. Women might not be culprit of accidents, but the cops discovered that they were more of the bigger victims to such accidents.
