LS. ROAD SAFETY
(DEGREE I
YEAR OU SYLLABUS)
INTRODUCTION:
The lesson “Road Safety” is adopted
from the article road safety –“A public health issue” issued by World Health
Organisation (WHO) in 2004.
EXPLANATION:
The lesson “Road
Safety” is about causalities of the road accidents which are increasing
day-by-day on busy streets, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are
particularly vulnerable to road traffic injuries. At the inquest the world’s
first road traffic death was in 1896. The coroner reported that all this must
never happen again.
Throughout the
world, with the improvement in transport results are bustling of roads with vehicles.
It leads to road accidents due to the negligence of people towards traffic
rules. Deaths and injuries become prevalent and crashes are frequent. Most of
these accidents occur in developing countries where people use motorized transport.
According to the available statistics 1.2 million people killed on roads every
year and 50 million people are injured. Safety on the roads is evading. If the
current trend continues, the number of people killed and injured on the world’s
roads will rise by more than 60% between 2000 and 2020.
On the other
side, vehicles support economic and social development in many countries by
making transportation of goods and people faster and efficient. Road accidents
are preventable. It is experienced in countries with long histories of
motorized travel has shown that a scientific system approach to road safety is
essential. W.H.O and the World Bank represents current knowledge of the global
road traffic injury problem and offer science based evidence and solutions to
address it. Global road safety campaigns aim to promote action to prevent road
injury or accident. The loss and suffering associated with road traffic death
and injuries are preventable with firm political will and integrated approach
that addresses the people who use road and the road infrastructure. So that,
the roads can be made more safer.
Conclusion:
The main aim of the lesson is to
create general awareness among youth about road accidents and increasing
percentage of accidents due to negligence towards traffic rules. It inform us
to benefits of using motorized transport and threaten us of the injuries accidents
caused by the careless driving of the youth and to get rid of such incidents it
suggest the way and means.
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