Your Ideas for Safer vehicles!
This Road Safety Month 2025, we’re all ears: What steps can improve vehicle user safety?
Drop your suggestions below and let’s drive towards a safer future!
Date: 20th December 2024
Venue: St Mary’s Hall, RainTree, Chennai
Key Speaker: Professor Bhargab Maitra (IIT Kharagpur)
Introduction
சாலைப் பாதுகாப்பின் அத்தியாவசியங்களை மையமாகக் கொண்ட தொடர் சுவரொட்டிகள். உங்கள் சொந்த நலனுக்காகவும், மற்றவர்களுக்காகவும் பாதுகாப்பான சாலை பயனராக இருங்கள்! அனைத்து சுவரொட்டிகளும் கிரியேட்டிவ் காமன்ஸ் உரிமத்தின் கீழ் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து இலவசமாக விநியோகிக்கலாம்.
A series of posters focussing on the essentials of road safety. Be a safe road user - for your own sake, and for the sake of others. All posters are free to download and distribute under the Creative Commons license.
In India, the use of high-beam headlights is regulated by the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and drivers using high beams inappropriately can be fined under the act. All vehicles are required to have a "dipper" switch to adjust high beams to prevent blinding other drivers. #StreetsforLife #Saferoads #RoadSafety #SafeMobility
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People often tend to park their vehicles anywhere as long as a ‘No Parking’ board is not put up. However, when they are parked on footpaths or places where it causes traffic obstruction, it can lead to vehicles being towed and fines for unauthorised parking.
Traffic rules clearly prohibit using mobile phones while driving, as it significantly distracts the driver. Talking on either a handheld phone or a headset is equally distracting and increases the risk of crashes.
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