Local and Regional Governments can: Take a leading role in coordinating the road safety effort of all relevant

agenc ies and community groups within their particular administrative area. These acti vities should be consistent with the National Road Safety Plan, and coordinate a ctivity across all relevant agencies in that geographic area. Ensure that planning of local facilities and residential areas effectively takes account of the road safety needs of the community. Where possible, fund and implement road safety programs and initiatives. Ensure effective policies for the control and enforcement of liquor laws. Communities and Cultural or Ethnic Organizations can: Provide support and leadership for road safety campaigns and initiatives. Demonstrate a concern for the number of road deaths occurring and a commitment t o foster improvements. Persuade various communities to accept a greater participatory role in road safe ty improvements. Work with other organisations in providing road safety education/publicity and o ther road safety programmes Education Sector can: Make a formal commitment to promote effective road safety education in schools a nd pre-schools so that appropriate behaviour is fostered from early age. Develop links between schools and other agencies, such as the MOT, NRSC and poli ce, in relation to road safety. Assist in the life-long education of road users. Media can: Enhance community awareness and understanding of the causal factors and real cos ts of road crashes. Support road safety initiatives through responsible and objective reporting. Influence societal changes which lead to a reduction in unacceptable driver beha viour and poor attitudes. Police and Enforcement Agencies can: Improve road user behaviour and vehicle standards through a balance of education , encouragement and effective enforcement strategies. Maximise enforcement effectiveness using proven enforcement systems and technolo gy. Maintain a high level of expertise in crash/casualty reporting. Focus on high-risk behaviours and use casualty and crash data to identify locati ons and where police enforcement could minimise such unsafe behaviours. Health Agencies and Professionals can: Ensure development of effective emergency medical/services. Advise patients on their fitness to use the road, including the effects of presc ribed drugs and medication on road user performance. Provide feedback from injury assessment to improve vehicle occupant protection a nd road safety policy. Provide health promotion road safety programmes. Liaise with other practitioners in the road safety field to avoid duplication of effort. Transport and Land-Use Planners can:

Adopt effective and safe and-use developments. Pay particular attention older people, children, ad users in the planning

traffic management measures in planning transport and l to the safety requirements of people with disabilities, pedestrians, bicycle riders and other non -motorised ro task.

Road Engineers and Highway Authorities can: Improve the safety performance of the road network by ensuring that planning, de sign, construction and maintenance places a high priority on safety outcomes. Apply crash reduction and crash prevention techniques to create safer road netwo rks for the future. Review and safety audit existing, rehabilitated and new roads to eliminate unnec essary hazardous locations and misleading/absent markings.

Insurance Industry can: Assist in the development, sponsorship and funding of crash prevention programme s. Provide premium incentives as a means of encouraging and rewarding safer behavio ur. Provide feedback to government and regenerative crash trends and outcomes to ass ist in the further development of road safety policy. Alcohol and Hospitality Entertainment Industry: Adopt responsible standards of alcohol serving and host responsibility programme s, especially for young adults. Assist patrons in monitoring alcohol consumption, for example, through the use o f coin-operated breath testers and better labeling of alcoholic content of bever ages. Promote the consumption of low-alcohol beverages in preference to higher proof d rinks. Advertise and promote alcohol responsibility. Vehicle Manufacturers and Importers can: Improve crashworthiness features of vehicles including enhanced occupant protect ion. Progressively introduce in-vehicle crash avoidance technology. Adopt an advertising code, which promotes the safety features and safety perform ance of vehicles and their responsible use. Discontinue importation of crashed vehicles. Such crashed vehicles must be repai red/restored in the originating country before being imported into [country name ]. Only vehicles under five years old to be imported and all vehicles to undergo a mandatory vehicle roadworthiness inspection before being permitted to use [count ry name] roads. Heavy Vehicle Transport Industry can: Adopt responsible freight forwarding and driving schedules which permit adequate rest breaks and promote driver safety. Prevent the abuse of alcohol and drug stimulants and promote healthy lifestyle h abits amongst drivers. Ensure high standards of vehicle, mechanical safety, and load stability and secu rity.

Enhance industry professionalism and safety through improved fleet management. Driver Training Providers can: Require all learner vehicles to display signs. Equip learner and novice drivers with the necessary skills, attitudes and behavi our needed to drive safely on our roads. Maintain and foster a high standard of driver training, instruction and professi onalism. Promote and foster the upgrading of driving skills amongst drivers, particularly drivers of heavy and public service vehicles. Establish an Association and enhance industry professionalism by developing a Co de of Providers teaching materials, Driving Instructors training programmes, etc ., for their members. Motoring Associations can: Promote road safety amongst their memberships by providing up-to-date and releva nt information on traffic laws, safe driver behaviour and techniques, road condi tions, maintenance procedures and vehicle safety. Support, promote and sponsor effective road safety initiatives and campaigns. Provide membership feedback to government and industry on road safety policy and new initiatives. Advertisers can: Discourage advertising which glamorizes and/or promotes unsafe practices and pro ducts. Actively encourage safer practices and products. Researchers/Universities can: Ensure that there is a balance between research on basic and applied topics. Ensure that road safety research is of high quality, timely and that its implica tions are identified and promoted. Ensure the development of high quality databases. Evaluate effectiveness of measures implemented to ensure cost effective expendit ure. Provide reliable research results and knowledge against which policy decisions c an be made. All Organization can: Develop internal safety policies for their staff including host responsibility. Promote safe practices in fleet operation. Larger fleet operators can encourage staff to participate in defensive driving c ourses, and where feasible, sponsor or buy in defensive driving courses for own staff at own premises. Individual Road Users can: Attain a greater understanding, awareness, and practice of safe behavior and ski lls. Make a personal commitment to improve road safety by adopting more courteous and considerate road behavior and demonstrating care for the safety of others.

Traffic Rules in India The transport department of each and every city around the world has been entrus ted with the responsibility of providing a smooth public transportation system o n roads, controlling pollution under permissible limits, keeping a record of reg istration of vehicles, insurance of vehicles, issuing permits and collection of taxes. These departments function by devising policies, implementing them and th en monitor and regulate the functioning of the transport in the city.

Traffic rules of the roads are both the laws and the informal rules that may hav e been developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. With the replacement of ancient horse driven carts with cars and trucks, the sp eed of the traffic increased paving way for the need of smooth roads and yet smo other traffic. So, to curb the need of the smoother traffic, some rules were dev ised to assure that the traffic runs smooth. Almost all of the roadways traffic rules are built with devices meant to control traffic. The basic idea to devise rules is to make the traffic more organized. These esta blish a direct contact with the driver and help making the ride easy and control led by delivering information which compliments the laws, guiding directions, sp eed limits and parking zones. All these efforts collectively assure that traffic is orderly and safe. An organized traffic has well established priorities, lane s flowing in particular directions. The benefit is that it reduces the travel ti me. Some rules and regulations have been formulated for an easy driving. The dri vers are not allowed to drive without a few documents. These documents should be produced on demand. Road Traffic Signs - Signals Basic Rules of the Road The rules enlisted under this category are to be meant for all the people sharin g the roads. The idea behind formulating such rules is that the roads are meant not only for the drivers (including motorists/cyclists/motorcyclists), but are s hared by the pedestrians and animals by the road side. The rules belonging to th ese categories are mandatory to be followed while using the roads. You can obser ve all the above-stated rules only if you are patient, considerate and careful.. Traffic Signals A traffic light, traffic signal or a stop light is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection to indicate when it is safe to wade through. The traffic signal passes on its information using a universal color code STOP & WAIT GET READY GO Road Signals Signs form a vital and integral part of the trafficking system for the safety of the road users. As per IRC (Indian Roads Congress) Road Signs are for indicatio ns on the road the road signs are categorized into 3 types:

Mandatory Signs or Regulatory Signs Cautionary Signs or Warning or Precautionary Informatory Signs Hand Signals Hand Signals or Manual Regulation Signs are the gestures used to regulate traffi c on the road using the hand movements. Traffic policemen use these actions to R egulate traffic particularly at intersections while the drivers use these signal s to Notify the