Crash test

New hit-and-run law demands better policing

Protests earlier by truckers, since withdrawn, and now by cab drivers over the new law on hit-and-run accidents reflect problems both with the road transportation industry and the nature of the country’s policing and judicial systems. The new law, Section 106, is part of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), passed by Parliament to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC). It imposes a jail term of up to 10 years and/or a fine if a driver injures or kills anyone through rash and negligent driving and fails to report it to a police officer or magistrate soon after the incident. Punishment