Mandatory wearing of seat belt in rear seat could have saved Cyrus Mistry
Even traffic officers rarely fine rear-seat passengers for not wearing seat belts. According to KK Kapila, President Emeritus of the International Road Federation, the practise of fastening seat belts in the rear seat is very low even in big cities and metros, and near-zero in mid to smaller cities in India. According to the preliminary investigation, Mistry was not wearing a seat belt, was speeding, and the driver's "error of judgement" caused the accident.