The Ministry of information and Broadcasting on June 23 had issued an advisory to all TV channel to avoid showing images and scene which depict rash, negligent or dangerous driving.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has raised concems on depiction of rash, negligent and dangerous driving in various progammes, serials, news features, etc. on TV channels and in print media. Drawing attention to a few such instances the ministry of road transport & highways has pointed out that such depiction could be against public interest.
Whereas taking note of the aforesaid issues, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has requested that:
The stills/images/scenes depicting rash, negligent or dangerous driving may not be usually portrayed in print and electronic media.
In the unlikely event that depiction of such situation becomes unavoidablein a certain context, these should invariably be accompaaied by appropriate messages such as "over speeding kills", driving two-wheeler without wearing helmet is dangerous and illegal", driving four wheeler without wearing seat belt is dangerous", etc.
Therefore, MIB urges all TV channels including Doordarshan to be extremely cautious with regard to such situations. Letters have been sent to the News Broadcasters Association, Broadcast Contents Complaints Council, The Advertising Standards council of lndia, All TV Channels and Doordarshan.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/government-news/item/5305-cq-mib-urges-tv-channels-to-avoid-depiction-of-rash-driving-scenes.html
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