Is your son/daughter driving safe from ROAD accident? Head scarves a must, but no HELMET.

Is your son/daughter driving safe from ROAD accident? Head scarves a must, but no HELMET.

How much do you love your life? How much do you love your son/daughter? How much you care for the life your son/daughter?

 observed in cities , that two wheelers are driven by schools students before they reach the eligibility to drive. Parents, school administration and RTO/traffic police are equally responsible for this situation. Justifying the need to have two wheelers for academic purpose has become a fashion. Driving around at top speed to meet the time deadlines between, school, home and tuition class daily. Peer pressure to have better and better scooter/bike with higher CC and speed capacity is tempting them to purchase beyond their own means.

PARENTS are first to blame to pamper their child so much with their extra income. School administrator are not strictly putting ban on entry of two wheelers in school premise. School administrators should be made responsible by LAW that they check the eligibility of students to drive, have proper driving licence and use only allowed CC of scooter/bike as per RTO law. TRAFFIC inspectors are also not doing their duty to stop this illegal driving by school students.

Students learn to drive cycles on the road. But they want to drive together and talk while cycling. Many times two or three cyclists students drive on the road blocking the other vehicles. Many accidents happen while big vehicles take turn or overtaking such students. We blame truck driver or car driver, but generally fault lies with cyclist or two wheelers. I must have saved one person daily on an average on such occasions. I have to apply brakes, blow horns to ask them to give way to my car.

Girls and also boys likes to protect their skin/hair from SUNLIGHT and AIR POLLUTION. So they cover their face completely with cotton cloth (Chooni/Handekerchief). But they do not like to wear HELMET. The two wheelers manufacturers are also running away from their responsibilities for safe driving of their vehicles by their owners. Their design, have to provide space/locking arrangement for two helmets. Also HELMETS should be provided as compulsory accessories with every new two wheelers by LAW.

Two wheeler manufacturers (BAJAJ/HONDA/HERO/TVS/MAHINDRA) also promote their scooters and bike for thrills and race driving in their advertisement. They promote to young target audience as a tool to get the girl friend impressed. They promote risky driving. Even the worst case is TVS Wego.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGBjWbzof2Q  
They never promote utility value. Many times I think why RTO is not taking any objection on such advertising promoting risky driving. LAW should be made that every advertisement of VEHICLE promotion has to get approval of RTO before releasing.

How to Make Wearing a Helmet a Habit

We know it can be hard to get your child, friend, or loved one to wear their helmet, but here are a few useful tips to help change the trend.
Establish the helmet habit early: Begin to incorporate helmet safety as soon as your child gets their first bike. If possible, start them off with helmets while they are still on tricycles to establish the link between wheeled vehicles, pavement and helmets. If they learn to wear a helmet from their first moments on a bike it will become a lifetime habit.
Wear one yourself. Be a role model for your kids; they learn best by watching you and if they see that you are wearing a helmet they will want to wear one too.
Encourage their friends to wear helmets. Use peer pressure in a positive way to get your kids wearing helmets. If several families in your neighborhood make helmet use a regular habit at the same time, it will make encouraging your children to wear a helmet easier.
Talk to them about why you want them to protect their heads
Let them know:

• Their bikes are not toys, but their first vehicles.
• That riding a bike gives them a new responsibility, but that responsibility means being safe and following the rules of the road as well.
• They can hurt their heads permanently or even die from a head injury.

Give your child a short course in bike safety. Placing the helmet in the context of a safety program shows that it is not just an arbitrary rule and helps them understand why you are requiring it. It is not enough to put a helmet on your child and send them off without some basic safety instruction.
Point out when watching sporting events how many professional athletes use helmets. Football and hockey players, baseball batters and race car drivers wear them. Explain why these athletes wear helmets and why they should too.
Plan bicycle outings together when all family members wear their helmets.
Don’t let them ride their bikes unless they wear their helmets. Be consistent. If you allow your children to ride occasionally without helmets or do it yourself, they will not believe your messages about the importance of wearing them.
For fun you could even give them a bike license when they have proven to you that they know how to be bike safe!