n.c.v.SHREYAS on ROAD SAFETY

For GENNXT -VIJAYTIMES
Basic traffic discipline on highways

Talking about highways? What we imagine is the mountains and the riverside villages we pass by. If your imagination extends beyond that, then you remember one mantra; that is SAFETY. Safety is given priority as it is relevant to the Highway drivers and driving. Leave alone the accidents; there are other relevant aspects in Highway Driving such as Noise pollution and air pollution.

SPEED THRILLS BUT KILLS

Highway driving is totally a different experience than of City Driving. City Driving has got a lot of societal control and also structural controls over rash driving. Whereas in Highway driving, it is an open field driving where Self-discipline plays a major role.

Why do accidents occur? And why is it increasing in an alarming way?

HIGHWAY PSYCHOSIS- could be the only relevant answer. Whether Bus driver or Car Driver, the highway tempts one to do the following violations:

• Violation by the drivers
• Violation created through the Vehicles
• Violence on Highway

We as human beings should be considerate about others life. We should obey traffic rules:

• Use of Dazzling lights at nights is prohibited.
• Overtaking at curves and other restricted areas, is prohibited.
• Use of Powerful horns emitting noise pollution is not permitted.
• Playing the music systems at the highest tone is also not permitted.
• Unsafe vehicles should also be off the roads
• High way is not for learning driving
• Night Driving experiments, rainy driving experiments especially during wee hours is another cause
• In disciplined driving is as bad as racing while driving
• Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous way of driving, please don’t MIX DRINKING AND DRIVING.






How to prevent accidents on Highways?


A Few suggestions:

1. Plan the distance and the Time at the average speed.
2. Do not show acrobatic skills on the Road
3. Avoid night driving
4. Avoid driving while under mental tension/pressure
5. Give equal respect and importance to the other road users
6. Know your vehicle well before moving around with it, cross-country
7. Know the Highway discipline and learn it from the Truck Drivers
8. Have a firsthand knowledge of the `Highway Driving Psychosis’.
9. Avoid continuous driving when with family and children
10. Drive for pleasure and not for speed and pressure!
11. Be there a problem, approach the Highway Patrol
12. Take proper guidance from the Automobile Association of North/South India when you travel for the first time.
13. Keep your driver’s speed and trait under control
14. Keep the documents in Original while driving Out of State. *