Road Safety Awareness Programme
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The Health and Safety Committee of the Engineering Department organized a road safety awareness program on 15 February 2018 from 11am to 11.30am in hall number B108 and on 18 February 2018 from 10am to 10.30am in hall number B106 for the II Year Diploma students. The speaker of the programme was Mr. S. Manikandan and Dr Alfred Franklin explained the procedures and precautions to be taken while driving to create awareness on road safety and how to avoid road traffic accidents (RTA).
They presented the annual statistical report on the increasing rate of road accidents in Oman. That is, extraordinary speed and poor driving aptitudes are considered as the main causes of road accidents in Oman. Consistently, more than 900 individuals are killed, of which 86% are men. As passengers and drivers of cars make up 60% of the fatalities, tending to key hazard factors such as seat-belt and child restraints are crucial to developing a culture of road safety across the country. Moreover, he stressed the significance of speed control, wearing seat belts and other relevant forces acting on vehicles with the help of PPT and videos.