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ROAD SAFETY. ROAD SIGNS. ROAD SAFETY.

Every year several thousand people are killed on the roads in Great Britain. Every year between one and two hundred thousand people are injured. These people are killed or injured in road accidents.

If you are in Great Britain and if you listen to the eight o'clock news from the BBC, you will often hear news of road accidents. You may hear something like this:

On Monday evening last, at about twenty minutes to ten, a cyclist was knocked down by a motor-van at the junction of Oak road and High Street in Croydon, Surrey. The cyclist has since died from his injuries. Will anyone who saw the accident please communicate with New Scotland Yard, telephone number Whitehall one, two, one, two.

Accidents are often caused by carelessness. There are rules that help to make the roads safe, but people don't always obey the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the roads will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer?

In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Motor-cars, motor-vans, buses and cyclists must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right.

Before crossing the road, stop and look both ways. Look right, look left, look right again. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, that there is nothing coming, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children, or very old people, or blind people, waiting to cross the road, it is a kind act to help them to cross the road in safety.

We must teach young children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children ought not to play in the streets.

There are many things that motorists can do to make the roads safe. They must take care at cross-roads and bends. They must drive slowly when turning into another road.

A motorist must not try to drive if he is tired or ill. A man who drives after drinking a lot of beer or wine is usually a dangerous driver. His own life, and the lives of others, may be in danger.

 


Date: 2015-01-12; view: 2385


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