Importance of road safety in the modern world

This time we want to remind you about the importance of road safety. Road accidents are the causes thousands of deaths around the world every year, that is why we should never forget about safety. Read on to know more.

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Importance of road safety in the modern world

Road safety became even more important in recent years. Every country has its own road traffic safety service and programs that include activities aimed to prevent the causes of accidents, and reduce the severity of their consequences. Today road accidents are the most dangerous threat to the health and lives of people around the world. Damage from road accidents exceeds every damages from all other types of accidents.

Traffic accidents are one of the most dangerous global threats to people's health and life. The problem is aggravated by the fact that people injured in accidents are usually young and healthy (before the accident). According to the World Health Organization, around 1.2 million of people die in road accidents every year, and about 50 million are injured.

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Such a terrible situation makes road safety even more important. There are different programs that aim to increase the level of safety on roads.

There are active means of road safety:

Reasonable design and location of road network objects
Study of the effect of road construction on the accident probability
Improvement of the movement organization
Traffic laws and rules
Control over the observance of traffic rules
Mandatory state inspection

And passive means:

Improvement of technical equipment of vehicles, and personal protective equipment:

The equipment of the car with enough number of airbags, usage of seat belts, head restraints and child seats; as well as the use of reinforcing elements in the front, rear and side parts of the car.

The usage of special devices and road equipment to protect pedestrians.

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The importance of road safety rules is hard to overestimate in such a situation. Such rules describe in details the conditions of safe movement. Much attention is paid to speed limits. Rules also say about the need to comply with the required range of motion.

The safety on the road is a thing that is important for everyone, regardless of the country, you even can be just a pedestrian, but you should know some aspects of traffic rules. Whenever we are on the street, the safety of the road is very important for us.

The rules of road traffic play a significant role in the increasing of the safety level on the roads. In most cases, the violation of traffic rules is the main reason of accidents, but there are also many other factors that can create a dangerous situation on the road.

Every participator of road traffic is responsible for his or her safety and the safety of other people around. So, anytime when you are on the road remember about the importance of safety.

Road safety in Nigeria

And now we want to pay more attention to the safety of the roads in our country. We can see that the number of road accidents in Nigeria is huge, most of them happened due to the lack of knowledge about traffic laws and rules, and lack of attention. Among other common causes of accidents, there are limited road infrastructures and poorly-maintained vehicles throughout the country. See also: History of FRSC in Nigeria

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There is a federal agency in Nigeria that is responsible for safety on the road, it is called the Federal Road Safety Corps. The agency operates in all states of the country, its main functions are:

To make the roads and highways of the country safe
To control and check the road worthiness of vehicles
To control the work and infrastructure systems to eliminate or minimize accidents on the road;
To educate drivers and pedestrians about the importance of road rules, discipline and mutual respect.

Another important element that influences the safety level on the roads of the country is road safety rules in Nigeria. The rules are composed and controlled by the Federal Road Safety Corps. It is crucially important to follow the traffic rules on the roads. Now you know the main aspects of road safety, so be attentive on the road.

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