can you tell me a good speech on road safety
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Some road safety are:
1. We should always walk in footpath.
2.If there is no footpath,we should walk in the left side of the road.
3.We should use zebra crossing to cross the road.
4.While driving the car, we should wear seat belt for safety.
5.While driving the bike or other two wheeler automobiles,the driver should be wear helmet.
6.While crossing the road,first we should look both side carefully,then cross the road.
Our young drivers pose high risk on roads not only in South Africa but globally. High crash risk for young drivers starts at the youngest age when drivers are just learning and extends into the mid-twenties.
Fatalities peak among our younger male road users and occur most often at night and during the weekend.
This is confirmed by available data from South Africa as well as the calculations from actuaries in the insurance industry. Young drivers are deemed to be a higher crash risk and are required to pay significantly higher for car insurance premiums.
What makes young drivers a bigger crash risk?
Factors include the following:
Driver Inexperience
Bravado / Ego / Feeling “Invincible”
Failure to Wear Seat belts
Drunk Driving / Impaired Driving
Night Driving / Driver Fatigue
Distracted Driving / Distracted Walking
The above factors are not exclusive to our students and younger drivers – there are however reasons why they are more prevalent among this age group. In this section we would like to analyse this in a bit more detail.
Driver Inexperience
Young drivers do not have the necessary driving experience and often display a lack of mature judgment.
A new driver has seldom been exposed to driving in difficult conditions such as in bad weather, on icy roads, in strong winds etc.
They also may not have the experience of driving in remote locations, driving in mountainous areas, on gravel roads and with different models of vehicles.
They fail to adjust their driving to the conditions, leading to numerous vehicle rollovers.
Inexperience is the reason why these drivers are more likely to underestimate hazardous situations.
They are more likely than older drivers to speed, run red lights, make illegal turns, ride with an intoxicated driver, and drive after using alcohol or drugs.
With some additional training the young driver can be assisted to prevent collisions by making use of the Standard Accident Prevention Formula:
1. Recognise the hazard: Think and look as far ahead as possible. Never assume everything will be all right and always expect the unexpected.
2. Understand the defence: There are certain methods of handling each traffic situation, know these and teach yourself to react positively when the need arises.
3. Act in time: Once you have seen the hazard and you have recognised the defence, never adopt a ‘wait and see’ attitude as you will be wasting valuable time and space.
Bravado / Ego / Feeling “Invincible”
Young drivers [especially the male drivers] tend to have an attitude of “feeling invincible”.
There is the mistaken belief that “it will not happen to me” and “I know what I do”.
Young drivers have a sense that they can get away with transgressions – a feeling of bravado whereby “I can get away with anything”.
There is peer pressure and the desire to impress friends.
This leads to unnecessary risk taking, aggressive driving behaviour and road rage.
The predictable characteristics associated with young driver crashes include excessive speed, carrying passengers, and not wearing seatbelts.
Recommendations and helpful safe driving tips from professional driving instructors
Attitude Check: Although exterior and interior checks of your car are vital, an attitude check is just as helpful in preventing accidents.
A positive, pro-active attitude can really help reduce collisions. These include:
A tolerance and consideration for other road users.
Restrain yourself from reacting aggressively to another road user’s aggressive behaviour.
A realistic view of your own driving abilities.
Concern for your safety and that of your passengers and other road users.
Awareness of the dangers of speeding needs to be instilled in the minds of these young drivers:
At 20 km/h a minor driving error can easily be corrected but at 120 km/h the same error could prove deadly.
Never attempt to drive over the speed limit as it leads to late reactions in an emergency. If it is necessary to drive at the speed limit it should be done with complete concentration, clear visibility and knowledge of your stopping distance.
If you increase your speed, you should expect an increase of your required braking distance.
Failure to Wear Seatbelts
Research indicate that teens have the lowest rate of seatbelt use.
Teen passengers greatly increase the crash risk of teen drivers – an increase with each additional passenger – the more passengers the greater the risk.
Young drivers and student drivers often carry more passengers than can be safely secured with seatbelts in the vehicle.
Unbelted passengers become projectiles in a road crash often killing their fellow vehicle occupants.
Most deaths involving unbelted vehicle occupants occur between midnight and 3 AM—also prime time for impaired driving.