In a survey conducted early this year by Consumer Voice, an organisation involved in policy making and complaints redressal, 96 per cent of the consumers surveyed believed that passage of the Bill would help meet the UN mandate to reduce road accidents up to 50 per cent by 2020. 

Ninety-seven per cent felt the Bill should be supported by all the parties since it was important to bring down fatalities due to road accidents, currently the highest in the world at 1.46 lakh annually.  ..