The Maharashtra government in association with the Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) launched Road Safety Week on Monday morning at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre inside the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The week that goes on till January 17 will see a slew of traffic initiatives — from vision tests to driving on simulators, and a drawing and slogan competition for children focussing on road conditions.

Traffic police bigwigs and administrators spoke to a packed audience about road discipline and Mumbai's bugbear, traffic. State Transport Commissioner Shekhar Channe pointed to the pall of gloom that descends on the families of road accident victims. "It can happen to anybody, your family, my family. That is why even all the work we do towards road safety is not enough."