Road Safety Answers 2

Answer the following questions
Question 1. How do you ensure road safety?

Answer: Road safety is primarily’ meant about to protect and provide
security of all those who travel on roads.
Question 2. Why road safety is very important to us?

Answer: Road accidents are undesired events that lead to injury or death.
• These deaths and injuries result in significant social and economic

costs.
• The problem does not lie with roads, it is our carelessness that results
in such misfortune.
Question 3. What are the direct consequences of road accidents?

Answer: Direct consequences of Accidents: Fatality (death), Injury, Property
damage.
Question 3. What is the aim of observing Road Safety Week?

Answer: Road Safety Week:
• Road safety week is a national event aimed at raising public

awareness about traffic rules and ultimately to reduce casualties due
to road accidents.
• It is also intended to reinforce road safety behaviour among road
users.
4.Write any four traffic rules in India?

Answer:
• On a two – way road, the driver must drive on the left side of the
road.
• It is mandatory for the driver to slow down at all inter junctions and
pedestrian crossing.
• If the driver is turning left, he has to rotate the hand in the anti-
clockwise direction.
• On a two – wheeler only one pillion rider is allowed.
• 5.Explain the factors contributed for road accidents.
Answer:
• Drivers – Over speeding, rash driving, violation of rules, failure, to

understand signs, and consumption of alcohol.
• Pedestrian – Carelessness, illiteracy, crossing at wrong places, moving
on roads.
• Passengers – Projecting their body outside tie vehicle by talking to
drivers, travelling on footboards, catching a running bus etc.
• Vehicles – Failure of brakes, tyre burst, insufficient headlights,
overloading and projecting loads.
• Road Condition – Damaged road, potholes, eroded road merging of
rural road with highways, diversion and illegal speed breakers.
• Weather Conditions – Fog, snow, heavy rainfall, wind, storms and hail
storms.
Question 6. Describe the steps taken by the Government of India to

prevent Road accidents.
Answer:
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps
to prevent road accidents and road accident fatalities. These include:
• A multi – pronged strategy:

A multi – pronged strategy has been adopted based on four Es –
Engineering, Enforcement, Education and Emergency care for
ensuring road safety.
• Improving Vehicular Safety Standards:
Trucks are prohibited from carrying protruding rods. Anti – locking
Brake System (ABS) has been made mandatory on heavy vehicles.
• Quick response ambulances:
Quick response ambulances are parked in every 50. kms on the
National Highways by the National Highway Authority of India
(NHAI). A 24 x 7 call centre to receive calls for ambulances has been
created and training has been given for providing first aid to road
safety volunteers.
• Speed Governors:
This device has a series, of sensors that can detect how fast a vehicle
is going and if this crosses the limit set by it, it restricts the flow of air
and fuel to the engine. This automatically slows down and stops the
vehicle from crossing the pre – determined speed.
• Variable Message Signs:

These are LED boards which can display important information that
needs to be communicated to commuters. These can be used to
update road users the traffic conditions in case of major breakdowns,
congestion and so on.
Question 7. What are the preventive measures of road accidents?
Safety Measures are
• Always keep to the left-While driving, keep to the left and allow
vehicles to pass from the opposite direction.
• Use helmets – Make it a habit of strapping the helmet before
mounting the bikes.
• Never exceed the speed limit – The speed limit is related to the traffic
condition of the area. So maintain speed limit.
• Maintain the right distance – Maintain a safe distance from the
bigger vehicles to avoid accidents.
• Park the vehicles only along the designated parking zones.
• Follow the road signs – Road signs are mostly pictorial so it is not
hard to comprehend.
• Some other safety tips are – Never ever drive when drunk, never use
cell phone while driving, avoid listening to too loud music, check your
mirrors before changing lanes.
• Never cross on red and yellow light.
Mandatory Signs: Violation of any mandatory traffic sign is an
offence punishable
Cautionary Signs: Cautionary signs is to warn the driver to take
necessary action to manage the situation
Informatory Signs: These signs provide information to the drivers via boards.

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Answer the following questions

Question 1. How do you ensure road safety?

Question 2. Why road safety is very important to us?

• These deaths and injuries result in significant social and economic

Question 3. What are the direct consequences of road accidents?

Question 3. What is the aim of observing Road Safety Week?

• Road safety week is a national event aimed at raising public

4.Write any four traffic rules in India?

• Drivers – Over speeding, rash driving, violation of rules, failure, to

Question 6. Describe the steps taken by the Government of India to

• A multi – pronged strategy:

• Variable Message Signs:

Question 7. What are the preventive measures of road accidents?

Safety Measures are

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