Festival seasons are very challenging especially stature to be filled with a number of road accidents and crashes which leaves a number of passengers losing their lives.
However, if you don’t remain indifferent and consider some road advisory, it maybe for the good. These driving safety tips can prevent the accidents.
It’s recorded by the police that the major causes of road crashes during the festive season is speeding and reckless driving.
First and foremost, a driver can effectively handle bad roads, indiscipline and competitive drivers, and manage speed in long journeys to prevent accidents.
Some of the drivers involved in road crashes during the festive season are those without adequate training.
If you are still learning to drive, then must not care for taking the driving seat especially during this festive season.
If you finished a driving course and never driven for a long distance, never driven on highways, don’t be excited to see want yourself seating behind the seat for longer distance, over speeding respect the process of building confidence. In this situation don’t drive for longer distance or even over speeding.
Travelling during the festive season is always not the best idea, however experienced one is at driving.
Just ensure to have the necessary driving skills and capacity before seating behind the wheals to direct and consider getting adequate rest especially for those driving longer distances, and avoid consuming alcohol. It’s recorded by the police that the major causes of road crashes during the festive season is speeding and reckless driving.
Don’t overtake in risky places such as hills, corners, busy areas, in situations where there are many vehicles ahead of you or in situations where other vehicles are indicating to overtake you.
When driving on highways don’t rash beyond the national recommended speed, the highest recommended speed limit in Uganda is 100kilometres per hour.
Road status
Uganda are road state is improving every year across the country, however we have to submit that the state of the roads is still lacking and anyone driving on them must observe this.
Understand this that roads in Uganda are not such safe due to pothole which can be encountered on any road across, must be conscious of these case to avoid being caught on a wrong side.
Uganda’s roads are poor mainly for being narrow and with potholes. When it rains, water can flood the road and destabilize the driver, hence going off the road which needs you to slow down when it is raining.
Distractions
Avoid using mobile phones while driving and also avoid other distractions. You must ensure proper use of seatbelts and motorcyclists and their passengers must also wear helmets,” he adds.
Last November, police said they arrested and charged a Link Bus driver, who was seen in the viral video using his phone while driving on Kampala-Fort Portal road, under Regulation 3(a) & 4 of Traffic and Road Safety (Restriction of Use of Mobile Telephone) Regulations, 2004.
Competitive driving
This can be prevented, competitive driving is another indiscipline of driving on road.
Seating on the steering wheel should be the wisest driver. If a person is competing with you, slow down, pull up, observe, and then continue because anything can happen resulting in death. Always give way for drivers who are competing to overtake.
Mechanical state of the car
Before seating behind the wheels to embark on your driving must ensure that the vehicle is in the recommendable good mechanical condition. The breaks, gear lever, water in the gladiator, driving lights are all functioning.
