Road safety is a serious issue and it should be considered with strong efforts to curb road accidents and save lives. With the increasing road network, an increasing number of vehicles, increasing traffic mess and increasing vehicle speeds, it is very important.
Road accidents have become common — everyday media is filled with new road accidents — and fatalities are very high. It is estimated that around 1 million people die each year in road accidents. Pedestrians, cycle riders, bike riders, car and other vehicle users throng the roads daily for everyday chores that put their lives to risk.
Road safety refers to all efforts to prevent road accidents and protect road users from getting injured or killed. The key goal of road safety measures is to minimize the accidents of all kinds.
Traffic signs are the signs put up to give information and instructions to all road users for their and other’s safety. There are many types of signs for road safety on the roads such as prohibitory, warning, service, information, direction, electric lines, repair work, hospital, school, and so on. Signage also includes a welcome, expressway, freeway, route, street name, toll, road condition, speed limits and cultural signs.
The signals, manual or automated, are also used on the roads to control traffic and pedestrian movement for the safety of all.
All the road users’ need to be educated to follow all the safety rules, traffic signs and signals for their own safety and safety of other road users.
For our own safety and other’s safety, all road users need to be sensitized for following the road safety rules. In addition, efforts shall be made for safe road designs, road condition maintenance, safe driving skills, safe vehicle designs and safety gadgets in vehicles to prevent accidents.
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