Road Safety & Mobility: 04/29/15

Wednesday 29 April 2015

ROAD SAFETY WORKSHOP

VENUE: School auditorium
DATE: 24^th April 2015

OBJECTIVES: To sensitize students about the importance of road safety and make them aware about it.

ORGANISING AND PLANNING: The workshop was a part of road safety project in association with Renault, done by students of class 12^th. The idea and planning for the entire session was done by an in-house teacher. Practice and planning session was conducted for 15 days before the final programme.

EVENTS: Following activities were conducted:

· Street Play on the theme “ Road Safety and Road Rage”

· Open House Discussion: “Should legal driving license age be reduced from 18 to 16 years?”

OUTCOMES:

· The Event was attended by Students of Class IX- XII and all the Teachers of concerned classes.

· The students not only enjoyed the session but also came to know about certain aspects which they were previously not aware about such as website of Delhi Traffic Police, their contact number, hardships faced by them.

· Also, students and teachers participated enthusiastically and put forward their opinion on the theme.

· The session was concluded by the Honorable Principal, Mr. Ashok Kr. Pandey where he appreciated the efforts of the students and enlightened the young minds by his valuable words of wisdom.

LIFE SKILLS LEARNT:
1. Compassion
2. Aggression management
3. Psychomotor skills
4. Concern for life and well-being of the citizens

Introduction

“22-year-old shot at after fight over parking” … “The driver of Delhi Public School, Rohini, carrying 40 school students, suffered from severe head injuries, when he was hit by two men in an Alto car, for not giving them passage” … “G D Goenka School’s bus driver was hit by a hammer by a man in a Scorpio for not giving way.” … “5 youths in a Verna car attacked three pedestrians and killed one of them not giving way to their car” … “A police constable was dragged for more than 100 metres and was killed by being crushed under the wheels of a car that was being stopped for crossing red light.”
These are a few instances of what is happening almost regularly in Delhi and are popularly referred to as “Road rage incidents” in the newspapers. In the last 2-3 years, almost every day we get to hear about such incidents and the people on the roads in Delhi are so short-tempered that they don’t even hesitate to hit, punch or even kill someone on the pretext of some minor issues on the road, leave aside the regular abuses and arguments.

Delhi senior police officials have stated that in 2013, 36 road rage incidents were reported and in 2014 till August, there were already more than 20 cases registered. The PCR receives almost 10-12 calls every day on minor scuffles on the roads of Delhi. Short-tempered drivers have made the roads of Delhi very dangerous and unsafe for others. With the rising frequency of such incidents, this issue is giving rise to serious concerns and calls for urgent preventive steps.

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