road sense

Road safety must be taught to all members of society, especially the youth and young children, so that they get better road sense and are able to avoid accidents and become a law-abiding generation," said Lieutenant Mohamed Hassan Al-Basri, Head of the Traffic Awareness Branch at Fujairah Police HQ.

What bothers me is that they appear to have the road sense of blind hedgehogs.

So, how can we expect future generations of young people to have any road sense if there is not a proper road safety education process in place.

On Wednesday pupils from two local schools attended The RAF base at Bulmer, near Alnwick, to watch a 'Road Sense Common Sense' presentation - a joint emergency service initiative.

Perhaps teaching pedestrians some basic road sense, ie cars are dangerous, don't walk into the road in front of them, would be better.

Northumbria police officers from the force's Operation Dragoon team have teamed up with Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and North East Ambulance Service to put together the Road Sense Common Sense project.

The One Second driving simulator aims to educate Qatar's youth to be responsible road users by acquiring crucial road sense and safe driving skills, and seeks to make all students road safety ambassadors.

A major cause of accidents was the lack of road sense in young drivers, he said.

They rightly complain about the behaviour of some car drivers but, as a group, cyclists display far less road sense than the average motorist.

"Safe is one of the key brand pillars for Ford and it's a mindset when we build cars, at our manufacturing sites or raising awareness on road sense. With the DSFL program we intend to sensitize Indian drivers to make our roads safer and this training shows them how they too can be a safe, responsible and environment-friendly driver," said Vinay Piparsania, Ford India's executive director, Marketing, Sales and Service.

A person's riding skill and road sense cannot be measured by appearance alone.

Consequently I believe that I have superb road sense, unlike many of the drivers in the UAE.

Yet, while its straight line speed matches race track levels, it retains a modicum of road sense, with a reasonable fuel return of 23mpg on the combined cycle, and a CO rating of 292g/km.

According to Department for Transport research, children who are driven to school suffer from reduced road sense and are more likely to be the victims of road traffic accidents.

THE FIRST thing that strikes you as you land in Pune and ditch the over-priced taxi to take an auto is how people living in the city have absolutely no road sense. For someone who has always lived in Delhi and detested the guts of the maniacs who rule the capital's roads, Pune is no different.