What is Road Safety ?

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Focus on Road Safety, choosing the right helmet is the issue? The safest design term to have the helmet metal cover more of your head. Ensure that any helmet you use bears an ISI logo. If you are on a two wheeler, front seat or pillion wear a helmet even where the law does not require it”. 

This Year on May 14th 2024, we are celebrating as “World Road Safety” Day which is one of the most important day in our lives. Public on the globe need to understand the importance of the safety that we need to follow in our regular daily life. And it is our responsibility to make the understand to our future generation with a greater effect.

Many two wheelers do not wear helmets because of few prevailing myths like the following based on the research done by Prof. Dinesh Mohan who are done his 25 years of research on where a helment contributed to neck injury. “Road Safety” (check some of the myths and reality as below:

Myth: Helmets are not necessary at low speeds

Reality: Research show that falling even at 17 kmph can result in serious head injury or death

Myth: Helmets cause neck injury

Reality: On investigation of a large number of motorcycle crashes, Dr. J. Newman a Canadian Helment design expert did not find a single case where a helment contributed to neck injury.

Myth: Helmets reduce your range vision

Reality: Most helmets restricts peripheral vision by less than 5%, much less than many spectacle frames and googles

Myth: Helmets cut out sounds

Reality: They only reduce sounds, so does a closed sir conditioned car. You still hear horns and the sounds of their vehicles, as all ambient noises get cut down proportionately.

Myth: Helmets straps cause strangulation

Reality: There is no evidence for this from studies of thousands of crashes.

A turban is enough to prevent head injury

Reality: In a crash, the instantaneous impact forces are so high that turbans offer little protection.

Road Rules (Mandatory):

Rating your driving safety skills on a scale of 1 to 4, 4 - Always, 3 - Usually, 2 - Sometimes, and 1 - never,  choose the number that is best describes you. (Do the rating genuine, this will helps you a lot . . . )

  1. Are you always alert and focused on the road while you drive? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  2. Do you check your rear view before you pull out? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  3. Do you check side mirrors and give a quick glance over your shoulder before you change lanes?     (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  4. Do you always obey speed limits and traffic signs? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  5. Do you stay at least 2 seconds behind the vehicle in front of you? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  6. DO you drive defensively? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  7. Do you watch the road ahead and anticipate traffic problem? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  8. Are you a calm, courteous driver? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  9. Do you adjust the speed to suit weather, tariff and road conditions? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
  10. Do you keep your vehicle safe for the road? (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
How is your rating? 
If you have scored 35 to 40 points, you are very safe driver (Congratulations !)
If you have scored 30 to 35 points, you are a pretty safety driver, but you ought to change a few habits to make yourself and other safe on the road
If you scored less than 30 points, you are an accident waiting to happen, Start changing your driving habits today (immediatly)

The life you save could be your own.

In many countries, motorists are prohibited from using mobile phone while driving. Yes in all the countries across the globe. So many drivers install hands free mobiles with earphone. But even hands free devices do not reduce the risk of accidents, mentioned by the Sweden National Road Administration (SNRA) which has tested 48 people in driving simulator. Half of them had hand held phones or instruments and other hand free instruments. Almost there is no difference in reaction time was noticed between them. It is the distraction of the phone conversation is the problem.

So next time you driving and want to use phone , pull over and stop 

Don’t have a close encounters of worst kind: Wear you safety glasses

“Health is not valid till sickness comes so is safety and accident”

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