AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF UPPER INDIA

Association like AAUI was thought of immediately after the partition. A serious thought was given by some of senior Government officers and industrialists to set up a nucleus Automobile Organisation for attending to the problems connected with Automobiles road Safety, Traffic, Road Tax and so on. Late Shri V. Shankar ICS was the pioneering force behind this movement. Due to his efforts the Automobile Association of Upper India came into existence in 1950.The Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) was founded on October 15th 1919 and today is the largest and the oldest motoring body with over forty-eight thousand members and a network of 7 branches in 4 states of Western India.

AAUI is well patronised by high officials of the industry alike. Late Rajindra Prasad, the first President of India honored the Association by accepting to become its first Patron-in-Chief. Thereafter the Presidents of India have been bestowing this honor on the AAUI. Besides this, the Lt-Governors of Delhi and the Chiefs of the Three Services have been the patrons of the Association as a matter of tradition.

AAUI is rendering useful service to the public and the Departments of Transport, Police and Customs. Its performance can be well judged from the fact that the Association had collected and deposited with the Transport Authority a sum of Rs.80 lakh (approx.) on account of one time road tax, and fees introduced by the City Government during 1986-87. It rendered a great help to the motorists who could pay the tax almost at their door-step.

AAUI is making all out efforts to enlarge its membership so as to bring a large percentage of motorists into its fold and also to obtain greater facilities for them. The AAUI generally has a say in the matters connected with Motor Driving, Road Safety and Traffic Discipline. Efforts are being made to train a large number of motorists in First Aid and in Traffic Warden duties so as to make them more helpful in rendering services to the public and

The Association from the time of its inception has been making a lot of progress in various fields promoting Road Safety, Pollution Control and educating heavy vehicle drivers at the AAUI Driving Training School. A number of important training aids have been added to improve the standard of training imparted to the members and public.

It is a matter of great pride that a number of corporate organisations like Maruti Udyog Ltd. and Castrol india Ltd. and media have extended their valuable support in promoting various activities concerning Road Safety measures.

The major aims of the Association

To promote, encourage and develop the Automobile movement in Northern India comprising of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.
To organise the public by enrolling them as members and creating a forum for voicing their demands and protecting their rights.
Creating a public-service oriented body to liaise with the Government, police and other concerned bodies for proper administration of laws and regulations affecting the use of motor vehicles.
To educate the public in Road Safety and make them conscious of Traffic Discipline and generally helping the Law and Order machinery in enforcing traffic laws.

Activities

As soon as the government realised the importance of the valuable services rendered by the organisation they delegated the following activities to the Association :

Collection of Road tax and other fees payable by motorists in connection with various formalities relating to their vehicles.
Conducting of driving test and renewal of Driving licenses.
Issuance of International Driving licenses
Issuance of Carnet-de-Passage for temporary export of vehicles from India to other countries by tourists and to handle similar documents relating to vehicles temporarily imported into India by foreign tourists, not requiring payment of customs duties either way.

The Association is thus rendering useful service to the public and the Transport Department, Police and Customs. Its performance can be well judged from the fact that the Association had collected and deposited with the Transport Authority a sum of Rs.80 lakhs (approx.) on account of Road tax, and fees during 1986-87.

The Association is making all out efforts to enlarge its membership so as to bring a large percentage of motorists into its fold and also to obtain greater facilities in maintenance of vehicle records and generally have a say in the matters connected with Motor Driving, Road Safety and Traffic Discipline. Efforts are being made to train a large number of motorists in First Aid and in Traffic Warden duties so as to make them more helpful in rendering services to the public and augment the resources of the Government.

The AAUI has been organising many Free Eye Camps to assist the Delhi Traffic Police, DTC, and Transport Department. Besides medicines, free Spectacles were provided by the Association in deserving cases. The AAUI also contributes to the 'Road Safety Week' every year.

The Delhi Government has proposed the formation of road safety clubs to ensure safety of the school buses in the city. The road safety clubs will greatly help in cultivating safe road behaviour among schoolchildren, who are the most vulnerable to road accidents.

The state government had received applications from 89 schools in Delhi for running road safety clubs, last academic year.

The measures envisaged by the state government to ensure the safety of school buses include holding a workshop with school Principals of Delhi in April so that the Principals take a personal interest in the road safety education of schoolchildren, compulsory training for school bus drivers to be imparted on weekends by institutions like the Institute of Driving and Transport Research (IDTR) and the Automobile Association of Upper India (AAU) when the schools are closed.

T. K. Malhotra is the President of the Automobile Association of Upper India (AAUI) since 1981. He has served as the President of the Federation of Indian Automobile Associations (FIAA) for three terms. In recognition of his contribution in the field of road safety and promotion of tourism, he was nominated as the Honorary Vice-President of the World Body Alliance International de Tourisme (AIT), Geneva (Switzerland), for the year 1993-94, an honor conferred on any Indian first time in 94 years of the history of the International Body.

He has served on various committees both at the state and national level. He is a member of the Solatium Fund Committee, the Central Traffic Advisory Committee of Delhi Police, the National Road Safety Council constituted by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Advisory Group, National Highways Authority of India, FICCI and CII Tourism Committees and CII Urban Development Task Force.

His contribution to the motoring community on road safety through his regular weekly columns in Hindustan Times and the Indian Express has been widely acknowledged. His TV serial, Hello Motorists and Road Watch regularly telecast on Doordarshan for more than 200 weeks has generated significant public interest towards awareness on road safety and automobiles.

T. K. Malhotra has presented many papers at national and international seminars. He is also the author of book titled All You Need To Know About Cars & Safe Driving. He has also authored a booklet titled ABC of Road Safety for children. He is the recipient of the Gem of India Award. He was also honored with Sarv Saresht with Bhartiya Pritishtha Award conferred on him by the National Integration Assembly (NIA) and was also presented with Chief Ministers Trophy in 1994 in appreciation of his outstanding contribution on the Road Safety Exhibition. He is also responsible for establishing the most modern driving training school in India equipped with state of the art electronic driving simulators as the prime audio-visual training aid.

As a result of Mr. Malhotras exemplary dedication to promote road safety, Automobile Association of Upper India (AAUI) was declared the Runner-up for the National Award on Road Safety for the year 2000. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has instituted the Award.

DRIVER REFLEXES TESTING MACHINE

After the installation of an Electronic Driver Simulating system in its premises at
C-8, Institutional Area, South IIT, new Delhi, the Automobile Association of Upper India is again the first to install a Driver Reflexes Testing System for the benefit of drivers.

The system which has been jointly developed by Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) is designed to give a Psycho - physical test to the drivers. The standards laid down for various tests are similar to those followed by European countries. The design has been adapted to Indian conditions and the reaction timings have been prescribed as standard norms after conducting trials at Chandigarh and Delhi.

It is a well known fact that more than 60% accidents and about 80% fatalities are due to errors of judgment committed by the drivers. It is also noted that the drivers in various cities react differently to the Psycho-physical tests. While there can be many more reasons such as bad road infrastructure and faulty vehicles, one cannot overlook the fact that poor night vision or inability to recover from the glare is also an important factor. The problem is primarily aggravated due to nonexistence of modern driving schools in the country where emphasis could be given in developing much needed driving skill and aptitude.

We are aware and we do see in our day-to-day travel on highways that most of the drivers engaged on heavy vehicles learn their driving through on-the-job training as 'cleaner' or 'helper' to the driver. To further compound the problem the heavy motor vehicle drivers suffer from lack of basic educational background as majority of them are semiliterate or illiterate.

After conducting sample test on more than 2000 drivers, the Automobile Association of Upper India has further updated the system to classify the test under 3 grades namely 'A', 'B' and 'C'.

This Classification helps in distinguishing a driver with finer reflexes from the one with poor reflexes. Unfortunately, even elite class people who commute in their cars everyday are not conscious about their reflexes. It should be understood that these tests do make us aware of our shortcomings. Once a driver is aware of his deficiency of a particular reaction, he/she can take adequate steps by taking added precautions to avoid a crash e.g. driver with a poor night vision / glare recovery should be more conscious to avoid frequent use of Dipper or possibly using Anti-glare Glasses or driving at much lower speed at night.

The system installed and introduced by Automobile Association of Upper India will help the trainees of its school to be aware of their vision shortcomings. The AAUI also proposes to organise regular camps at its Institutions to afford free reflexes test to Senior Citizens of Delhi.

RATES FOR TWO WHEELERS
Entrance fee RS 200.00
Annual Subscription RS 150.00
Each additional two wheeler RS 100.00

RATES FOR TWO WHEELERS
Entrance fee RS 500.00
Subscription for 1st two wheeler RS 200.00
Each additional two wheeler RS 200.00

Associate Membership Fee RS 150.00
Rs.15/- may please be added towards FIAA Contribution

Tel : 6965397, 6864521, 6852052
Fax : 91-11-6866302
E-mail : aauindia@del3.vsnl.net.in

AAUI Branch Offices

AMRITSAR
Shri Shashi Chopra
(Branch Secretary AAUI)
Chowk Gole Hatti,
Hall Bazar, Amritsar - 143001
Phone : Off.: 543900
Res : 223700

LUDHIANA
Shri Sunil Sood
(Branch Secretary AAUI)
Civil Lines, Ludhiana - 141 001
Phones : (O) 440152
(R) 440468

PATIALA
Shri Shiv Raj Singh
(Branch Secretary AAUI)
Kothi Raja Shiv Dayal Singh
Rajindra garden,
Stadium road,
Patiala - 147 001
Phone : 217580

Breakdown Assistance from 8 am to 12 pm midnight
On account of declaration of all commercial vehicles older than 15 years becoming obsolete, our member and public had to face the difficulty of non-availability of towing cranes. However there had been some improvement during the last quarter, when newer model vehicles have been inducted as towing cranes. The AAUI is also planning to develop a modern crane, capable of handling various types of newer models of cars, which are prone to get damaged when such cars are lifted by conventional cranes. The breakdown service will be made more efficient in near future by getting our mechanics trained at manufacturers' plants.

Travel itinerary(Road Information and Road Maps)
This book is in great demand by all the corporate bodies as is provides road itineraries from and to various important towns within the country. Another useful book 'Road Atlas of India', published by Federation of Indian Automobile Association (FIAA) is also very handy as it provides sectioned maps of various sates, along with the road distances marked on the roads. Besides, useful information about various places for breaking journey and sight seeing is also listed. The services of the AAUI are greatly appreciated by various Government and public organisations that need 'certified road distances' for point-to-point destinations. These are absolutely authentic due to stringent care being taken while issuing these certificates.

Passport Assistance (new/renewal)
Members intending to visit foreign countries are greatly helped by getting their passport renewed or new passport processed through the Association.

Driving License Assistance
Members will be interested to know that the new driving license issued by the Transport Authority has many additional features such as date of birth, record of issue-date of first laminated license from Delhi with the present date of issue, residential address and date of expiry etc. As a document, the new driving license does meet full requirement for an Identity document. They have also introduced the latest system of getting a record of finger prints of index fingers of the individual, which would enable fixing the identity of the individual without ambiguity.

Car Park Attendants
Reputed institution like AIIMS & Karkardooma Courts, Shahdara have utilised our Car Parking Management Service on a yearly basis.

Vehicle and General Insurance
The computerised Center set up by National Insurance Co. at our South Delhi office is rendering excellent services and has become quite popular with the members as the policy is issued across the counter without much hassles.

Casual Drivers on call
The AAUI provides casual drivers at a reasonable daily charge to the members. During the year, 2243 casual drivers were provided to our members for emergency duties ranging from one to several days. This service also provides a good social support to competent drivers who are out of job and keen to have at least a part-time job.

Drive-in claim center
The center has been very helpful in immediate settlement of insurance claims of AAUI members. Fifty percent of the estimated cost of repairs to members cars is paid within 24 hours with balance 50 percent payable after the vehicles are satisfactorily repaired and produced for inspection.

Driver Placement
To back up the casual driver service, the AAUI is also managing placement service for all types of drivers. For this service, we do not accept any placement charge from the drivers, although, the corporate/individuals members do pay a fees of Rs. 1000/- for each successful placement.

AAUI CLUB
The AAUI club has started functioning. However, in order to give impetus to make it viable, members are requested to avail of various facilities of A/C Bar, Dining Hall and Air-conditioned guest rooms, affordable contribution to building fund. There is facility for Corporate Members to hold their Board meetings also in the AC Conference Room.

Pollution Under Control Certificates
The AAUI has adopted the following colonies for rendering on-the-door-step pollution control testing facility by our PUC team. During such visits, the service is available to members or nonmembers alike. PUC certificates are issued after testing each vehicle on the spot. A scheme is being formulated to render this service to our members free of cost.

Som vihar, Rohini sector-16, Ranibagh(Neelember Apts.), Saritha Vihar(A,B & C Blocks), Dhaula Khan, Part-I DDA Flats Munirka,
Paschim Vihar(GH-2 & 10) , Saket, IIT , HauzKhas, Defence Colony, Vasant Vihar, Sainik Vihar, Shanti Niketan.

Engineers Service Station
Shri Aurobindo Marg
Safdarjung Road
New Delhi - 110003
Phone : 4611395, 4634646

The Western India Automobile Association (WIAA)

The Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) was founded on October 15th 1919 and today is the largest and the oldest motoring body with over forty-eight thousand members and a network of 7 branches in 4 states of Western India. The WIAA - Castrol Institute of Motoring at Ahmedabad is equipped with state of art equipment and aims at carrying out research on Road Safety and giving training on road safety to all users of the road.

The Western India Automobile Association is the largest Automobile Association in South Asia. Its current membership is to the tune of 48,000 members today and the scope of its activities extends to cover major cities in Western India. The Association has its headquarters in Mumbai, and offers its services in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Goa. It has 6 branch offices apart from the HO in Mumbai, and offers to all its members a wide variety of services ranging from issuing of learners' licenses to legal advice on motoring issues.

The Association also undertakes to promote tourism within the country. In its very first decade of existence, the Association built up over 1400 routes covering nearly half a million miles. The WIAA is actively in touch with its counterparts in other countries, giving them the necessary travel information as a part of its program to attract tourists in India. The WIAA also has reciprocal service arrangements with other Automobile Associations and Clubs all over the world. The Association is recognized as India's major authority on motoring issues and represents its members and motorists interests to the Government and other sector and industry groups.

MUMBAI
Western India Automobile Association
Lalji Naranji Memorial Building (IMC Building) 76,
Veer Nariman Road Churchgate,
Mumbai 400 020
Tel: 91-22-2041085, 2047032, 2041293, 2880407, 2041271
Fax: 91-22-2041382

WIAA's Andheri Collection Centre 6,
Kapoor Building, opp. Punjabi Ghasitaram J.P. Road,
Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 058
Tel: 91-22-6280204

Address
13, Promothesh Barua Sarani,
Kolkatta,
West Bengal
Pin Code -700019
Tel# 033-4759012, 4755131, 4755133, 4755135
Fax# 033-4759012

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