Today on my way to Panjim I noticed some students of Fr. Agnel School standing with boards reading ‘Wear Your Helmet’ and ‘Use Your Seat Belt’. Do we really require such basic reminders on safety traffic rules? Wearing a seat belt in a moving vehicle or a helmet is believed to have saved millions of lives worldwide. It is the easiest and the most important precautions one can take to minimize the risk of a deadly road accident, yet why do people ignore such rules. Daily we find so many accident cases reported, and these mainly include the youth. The youth of today has become so life daring that they do not fear death at all. Speeding or racing and using cell phones while riding or driving are other main reasons for the increasing number of accidents taking place in today’s world.
In recent times,
the ‘late night party life’ has become a routine for the youth since parties
are organized all over Goa at different places everyday. Youngsters at such
parties get involved in bad habits like heavy drinking, smoking and drugs that
temper with their senses which lead to accidents when they try their hands at
driving or riding. This wrong decision of taking the wheel while drunken puts
the driver as well as the others present in the vehicle at great risk of
accidents.
Our parents give us
vehicles with so much trust to make our travelling life easier; shouldn’t we
uphold their trust and take the responsibility of our lives seriously? Does it
take too much of us to follow simple traffic rules for our own safety and the
safety of others whose lives we put at risk? These are simple rules, that if
followed may reduce accidents to a minimum, and help save many valuable lives
that may be at risk.
By Ovia Xavier
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