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Road Safety Rules

The document provides guidance for safe driving practices. Drivers should maintain a 10 and 2 hand position on the steering wheel, use turn signals before turning, use the horn only when necessary, take breaks on long drives to avoid fatigue, drive under the speed limit, yield to pedestrians, stop to help at accident scenes, and always wear safety gear like seatbelts and helmets.

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Road Safety Rules

The document provides guidance for safe driving practices. Drivers should maintain a 10 and 2 hand position on the steering wheel, use turn signals before turning, use the horn only when necessary, take breaks on long drives to avoid fatigue, drive under the speed limit, yield to pedestrians, stop to help at accident scenes, and always wear safety gear like seatbelts and helmets.

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Use both hands on Do not remove

the steering wheel. your hands from


Maintain 10 O’clock he steering wheel
and 2 O’clock” while driving. Do
position,, i.e. One not steer by using
hand on the 10 O’ a single hand only.
Steering clock position and
the other on the 2
Wheel Position o’clock position.

Do not take sharp


turns without
giving the turning
Notify the vehicles signals to the
around you about vehicles in the
your movement vicinity. Do not
prior to taking a forget to turn off
Turn Signals turn via Turn
Signals.
the turn signal
after taking a turn
as it creates
confusion for
other road users.

Use Horn only to


alert the vehicles Excessive usage of
which don’t have horns can irritate
your vehicle in the drivers around
their line of sight. and cause
Horn unnecessary
trouble.

When traveling for Do not drive under


a long distance, fatigue as it
take rest in loosens your hold
between to avoid on your vision and
driving fatigue other necessary
and to have full instincts which are
attention on the crucial while
Driver Fatigue road. driving.
Over-speeding is
Drive under the
one of the biggest
permissible speed
reasons for road
limit so that you
crash fatalities. Do
can counteract
not drive at high
against any
speeds on roads
uncertainty on
Speeding roads.
with high traffic
density.

Do not stop your


Give pedestrians vehicle on a zebra
their right of way crossing and do
and drive at a not drive at high
slower speed in a speed while
densely populated passing nearby
Pedestrians area. pedestrians.

It is the moral duty Do not avoid helping


of every driver to the road accident
help a road accident victim just because
victim by treating of fear of any hassle
him with First Aid or or mistreatment. As
by taking the victim per the Good
to a nearby Hospital. Samaritan Act, a
Whenever you person who helps a
witness a road victim is given
Helping an accident, always certain rights to
ensure that he faces
accident victim make sure to stop
and help the victims no issues from any
as per the situation aspect.
demands.

Do not ignore
safety gears as
they are the prime
Wear proper elements that
safety gear like become the
Seat Belt and reason behind the
Helmet every time survival in a
when you
Safety Gears commute via road.
dangerous
on-road tragedy.

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