Good Morning Dear Students!

Today, I am standing here in front of you all as your class teacher and also to deliver a speech on
road safety. Now you are no longer small kids who do not know the safety rules while walking on the
road. There’s a great saying, “It’s better to be safe than sorry”. However, we tend to forget all this
and become carless at times so much so that we risk our lives and put it in danger.

Don’t we keep hearing the news of the count of people who become a victim of road rage or get
involved in road accidents? Unfortunately, some die right on the spot and some receive serious
injuries that last for the lifetime. Accidents from vehicle have become a big reason behind increased
death rates in our country and amidst the time when the government is implementing road safety
measures.

Not many of you would know that it is Abu Dhabi which is infamous for holding the highest rate of
road deaths in the world. On an average, there are 38 deaths every month because of fatal injuries
caused on the road traffic and mainly 0 to 14 year-old children are involved in such cases.

Hence, this establishes the fact that everyone especially pedestrians must remain vigilant while
taking the road and must adhere to the safety rules. It is a pedestrian who is chiefly responsible for
the accident as it is only when he/she walks carelessly not paying any heed to the traffic signal or do
not walk on the designated crosswalk that fatal cases of injuries occur. So I request all of you to
remain watchful and never be in a hurry while being on the road. Besides, many people are often
seen disrupting the usual flow of traffic, please note that it can also prove very dangerous to one’s
lives and therefore should strictly avoid it. Always use zebra crossing in order to walk down the road.
Keep your eyes and ears open and listen to the sound of horns if blown around you.

If you are going to travel via public transport and if it’s a bus, then patiently wait for the bus to stop
and board it thereafter. Likewise, if you are going to step out of it, then wait for it to stop properly and
make sure that no other vehicle is obstructing your path. Make it a point to carry some reflective
material so that the drivers can sense your presence from a distance itself. Never ignore stop signs
as when people do that serious road accidents occur.
If you are riding a bicycle on the road, then be even more careful and make sure that your bicycle is
in a sound condition with lights and working brakes at their proper places. Secondly, avoid taking
bicycle on a busy road and try to use public transport.

However, there is no guarantee that through these preventive measures we will be able to avoid fatal
cases of road accidents, but we can definitely avert the danger by remaining vigilant on the road and
following all the safety rules. Students, always remember that life doesn’t have a reset button, so
never be careless.

Hope all of you will remember my words and in fact would educate others about the importance of
road safety rules.

Thank You!

Dear Society Members – a very good morning to all of you!

As the president of our society’s organizing committee, I have organized an event based on ‘Road
Safety Week’ starting from today wherein I would like deliver a talk on some important road safety
measures for the members of my society. As we all read in newspapers the increasing cases of road
accidents particularly that of the young generation of today, I sincerely hope that through the medium
of this talk some awareness could be spread amongst the people and they learn to become more
responsible and extra careful while walking on the road.

Please allow me to put forth some of the reasons which result in road accidents. Primarily, driving a
vehicle beyond the prescribed limit is what causes most accidents on the road. Some drivers or
owners themselves drive recklessly and flout traffic rules without any fear of punishment. Besides,
people who are drivers by profession have to drive throughout the day and sometimes during the
night too that they fail to remain attentive and cause accidents on the road. However, now that our
government has enforced strict road safety rules and a hefty fine, especially on the drink and drive
cases, the incidents of road rage have significantly come down.
Talking about the youngsters, I have no hesitation to admit that they drive very irresponsibly and
consider road as their racing track, which again results in fatal road accidents. It becomes the
responsibility of parents to keep a watch over them and make them realize the importance of safety
rules. Sometimes, the vehicle is faulty and remains out of service for months that its breaks or clutch
don’t work and leads to major road accidents. On the top of this, uneven road surfaces and potholes
contribute to the poor road conditions and increase the graph of road accidents.

Recently, a man after dropping his kid to school died after falling in a pothole. There is no dearth of
such incidents in our country and it’s high time that our government should come out of its state of
negligence and own responsibility for the poor maintenance of public infrastructure. Then,
awareness campaign should be run everywhere so that the citizens of our country grow serious
towards adopting road safety measures. In fact, my advice to the government would be to suspend
the license of those who are involved in the cases of road rage. The offenders must be put in jail and
severe punishment should be levied.

Less or no use of seat belts and helmets also contribute to such cases. According to a recent report,
it’s the two-wheelers and trucks that cause around 40% of deaths in our country. In India, the cases
of road accidents are three times higher than that existing in developed nations of the world. So the
only way to curb death rates caused due to road accidents is to sincerely follow safety regulations
while driving on the road or while being on foot for that matter. Those who are driving should not
exceed their speed limit so that if the need arises, the vehicle can be stopped for the passerby or
seeing something coming on your way.