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Roadworks safety.ppt
1.
2. Why Road Safety Important
Road safety is of prime
importance as road accidents
are among the biggest causes
of deaths in the country.
With the number of vehicles on
our roads increasing with every
passing hour, it's of vital
importance for everyone to
have traffic awareness and
understand and respect all the
road safety rules in India
8. Traffic Control Devices
Road Signs
Delineators
Barricades
Cones
Flashing lights
Reflectors etc.
9. Delineators
Delineators shall
Include Guideposts, Safety Cones, Drums, etc.
Delineate and guide the driver to and along a safe
path
Move traffic from one lane to another
Be used in or adjacent to the roadway to control
the flow of traffic.
Not be regarded as a substitute for warning signs
or barriers for out-of-control vehicles.
23. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS:
• Every 8th minute, there is 01 road casualty in India.
• There are 11 accidents for every 1000 vehicles.
• Every year out of 01 lacs unnatural deaths in India,
nearly 68000 (more than 34%) are due to road
accidents.
• Mostly males, who are earning members in the
family, die.
25. ACCIDENT BLACK SPOTS:
• Uncontrolled junction
• Bus stop
• Gaps within Road Dividers
• On street Parking places
• Building access (while
reversing)
• Road Bend
• National Highway
27. DRIVER
• Inadequate training
• Easily obtained License
• Lack of knowledge of rules &
regulations
• Long working hours fatigue
• Health fitness is poor
28. DRIVER
• Drinking habits
• Emotional stress
• Over confidence in driving
• Seeing Ability:
-Colour blindness
-40% elderly drivers can not see road signs
at night.
-10 to 30 times more illumination level is
required to see at night.
30. Defensive Driving: ?
It is the driving to save lives, time & money in-
spite of the conditions around you and the actions
of others.
Conditions: Roads, weather, traffic, light etc.
Actions of others: Violations, discourtesy, lack of
knowledge of other Drivers etc.
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
31. Factors affecting driving skills
• Fatigue (overworking hours)
Stop when you feel tired/ sleepy, take rest, tea
& arrange other driver to drive.
• Medicine (calmpose, avil, benadryl)
• Disturb mind
• Distraction (pet, children at back seat, loud
music, etc.)
• Drunken driving
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
32. ALCOHOL & DRIVING
Effects of alcohol;
• Promotes risk taking
• Lower reflexes
• Vision and hearing capacity diminishes
• Reaction time increases
• No control over controlling devices
33. ALCOHOL & DRIVING
Driving errors:
• Fast & slow
• Wrong lane
• Running over the footpath
• Not signaling
• Quick & jerky start
• Changing lanes frequently
34. EMERGENCIES
• Bursting of tyres
• Accelerator sticks
• Skidding
• Brake failure
• Bonnet flies up
• Vehicle stalls
• Running off the road
• Fire
35. BREAKDOWN
• Inform supervisor
• Switch on warning lights
• Keep vehicle away from movement of traffic
• Display warning triangle
• Apply hand brake
• Convoy supervisor will inform to the control room
• Control room will inform emergency breakdown
control point.
36. MECHANICAL FAILURE
• Brake failure
What to do?
• Tyre burst
What to do?
• Sudden loss of acceleration
What to do?
Disconnect the battery.
what to do?
39. OVERTAKING
• Most accidents happen while overtaking/ being
overtaken.
• You may have head on collision & a side sweep or run
off the road.
• On a marked NO OVERTAKING ZONE.
• On curves
• On hills
• 100 meters before & at railway crossing or cross
roads.
• A vehicle, slowing down to give way to pedestrians
DO NOT OVERTAKE
40. Avoid following too closely
• Reaction time: 3/4th of a second
• Gap between the vehicles: keep one
vehicle distance for every 10 kmph
speed.