With 2010 Commonwealth Games in mind, traffic management in Delhi is in for a major overhaul with plans to equip it with the state-of-the-art Intelligent Transport System besides training of students to handle increased traffic flow.

But above all, etiquette on road was crucial to make all traffic-related endeavours successful and movement of vehicles smooth, said Police Commissioner K K Paul while inaugurating the 'Student Traffic Volunteers Scholarship Scheme' (STVS) here today.

''Students are agents of change and with safer traffic habits they could usher in a new era of disciplined traffic movement.'' Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M S Upadhye said while the image of the Delhi Police depended mostly on the functioning of the Traffic police, it was students who could make the 'real difference' between chaos and efficient management of traffic.

Addressing the 5th batch of STVS squad he said the year-long project being launched by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) in association with the Delhi Traffic Police was to create road safety awareness among citizens and help the police in improving traffic management in Delhi.

HMIL General Manager (Customer Care - Service) D S Jang said Hyundai's participation in the project was because its progress and success was linked to the roads. The better it was managed, the better it would be for the company.

''Moreso, as part of our corporate social responsibility we are promoting this safe road-user culture in the city through the project.'' Through the STVS, students would be trained in traffic drill, hand signalling and practical control of traffic at intersections besides lessons on traffic control devices, road geometric and environmental features, road laws, types of road users, administering of first aid and post-accident management.

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