Popular YouTuber Daksh Paksh, known for his detailed car reviews, is facing heavy criticism after a recent video showed him driving at 135 km/h while reviewing the speed of another car ahead of him. The video, which quickly went viral on social media, has raised concerns about promoting unsafe driving practices, especially since Daksh has a large and impressionable audience.
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Many viewers and road safety advocates have called out the influencer for setting a dangerous example, urging creators to be more responsible with the content they share.
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Viewers Criticize Speeding
Youtuber Dakhsh Paksh was traveling exceedingly beyond the requisite speed limit in the video. Quite a few of the commenters identified his action as dangerous and reckless. Quite a few of the comments came, attacking the influencer for promoting the act stating that driving at such speeds, especially on public roads sets bad examples for the viewers. A review that threw up a debate if the influencers are expected to promote safe driving practices.
Road Safety guidelines
As stipulated by the road safety guidelines, highway conditions should not exceed 80-90 km/h, and that of the city should not exceed 40 km/h. Speeding continues to emerge as one of the main causes of accidents, and experts in the field of road safety continue to stress how important it is not to exceed these limits so that people do not run into each other and so forth, among other dangers on the roads.
Effects of Excessive Speeding on Crossing Areas
Overspeeding, wrong-lane use, and reckless driving accidents continue to make headlines in India. The authorities are constantly reminding violators of the menace of speeding; and influence of online content creators on public driving behavior has often been used as an adjective to describe the current scenario.
The Daksh Paksh controversy throws light on the increasingly vocal debate about road safety and the extent to which digital influencers’ futures get skewed in letting safer practices for drivers be promoted across every platform.
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