One week Road Safety awareness workshop Concluded at CGC Jhanjeri

Chandigarh Group Of Colleges Jhanjeri organised a One Week road safety training and awareness program with a view to ensure safe driving for minimizing road accidents in association with  Jagjeet Singh PPS SP Punjab Traffic Police & RJ Anubhav from 93.5 Red FM. Under the program,  students were educated about the road safety rules .  Different experts updated them with the current global scenario of road accidents in  this workshop. They emphasized upon the importance of using a helmet and proper clothing while driving a two wheeler.  They said that every hour seventeen people die in road accidents in India. As per the global survey, the maximum number of road accidents occurs in the age group of 15-29 years and 73.8% of these happen because no helmet was used by them. Last day  awareness camp  for the residents was also organised   to educate the importance of road and traffic safety at Landran Chowk .

Besides this , practical ground training was Given to the students. A Risk Prediction Simulator was used to teach and upgrade driving skills of students. Proper training was provided to students who were new to driving especially for slow driving and taking sharp turns. Later , the students were informed about safety norms, traffic lights, traffic signs and signals, colour coding and the importance of following speed limits and maintaining safe distance while on the road. They were also taught that using mobile phones while driving is extremely risky as it increases the chances of accidents to 400%.

Speaking on occasion, Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President CGC said that accidents are caused due to carelessness. He advised the students to remain cool and calm while driving. He said that over speeding, jumping red lights and suddenly changing lanes for overtaking other vehicles proves highly risky and dangerous. He advised that if we avoid such irresponsible actions, life is more precious than a 2 minutes delay.