Road Safety Awareness

Today i see the news regarding traffic accident in which two people died on the spot and the sources claims that reckless driving is the main reason for this incident.
It is not uncommon in the city of Karachi where people drive so carelessly and no traffic laws are followed. I commonly observe drivers breaking the traffic signals and even trying to overtake the wrong side. The most dangerous sight is to see buses racing to win from each other. They do not even care for the pedestrians or even the commuters who are present in their bus and due to this many times the unfortunate incident occurs.
It is not like there are no traffic laws in the city but the problem lies on people who are responsible to check these drivers who break the law.
On the basis of this a seminar was arranged on Oct 11, 2010 at Jinnah University for Women (JUW) and it was organized by the Department of Physics. The main purpose of the seminar was to inform the students about road safety.
The JUW invited Superintendent Police Officer (SPO) Rao Rashid, the Incharge of Mobile Education Unit of National Highway and Motorway Police as the guest speaker who gave useful tips for safe driving.

Rashid said that high speed leads to human and financial loss therefor always avoid driving at high speed. He further said that 'speed of vehicles' plays an important role for safe driving so it is necessary to maintain the speed according to the situation of the climate. The SPO also explained the consequences of reckless driving. According to Rashid, it is important to keep the speed low when one is driving in the dark, fog or unusual climate.
He also gave awareness about lane discipline which is an important tool of safe driving. He said that over-loading lead to the cause of accidents and it also become problem for other vehicles.
In the end other speaker Police Officer Mohsin Ghori informed about the precautionary measures at the time of accident. He also emphasized on following the sign-boards for road safety.
Life is priceless and once you lose, it will never come back therefore respect each life.