Accidents: Holistic Solutions Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar Accidents and other problems are created by policies of excessive production of cars, luxury cars, two wheelers in preference to buses and trams. The brief explanation is as follows. 1. Excessive increase in number of vehicles on roads 2. Commensurate increase in fuel consumption and import expenses for any nation 3. Wear and tear of roads and consequent increase in maintenance expenses and disturbance and delay to smooth traffic 4. Excessive increase in noise pollution due to blowing of horns 5. Traffic jams adding to further increase in fuel consumption and wastage of time 6. Increase in number of vehicular accidents 7. Increase in vehicular exhaust causing pollution and global warming 8. Excess of load on local trains [where available] and consequent accidents, quarrels and mishaps