It is very essential to educate the road users for the various precautionary measures to use the road way facilities with safety. The passengers and pedestrians should be taught the rules of the road, correct manner of crossing . This may be possible by introducing necessary instructions in the schools for the children. Posters exhibiting the serious results due to carelessness of road users may also be useful. The Indian roads congress has recently prepared highway safety code and the document on road safety for school children and an instruction manual on road safety education is under preparation.
SAFETY DRIVE
Imposing traffic safety week when the road users are properly directed by the help of traffic police and transport staff is a common means of training the public these days. Road users should be impressed on what should and what should not be done, with the help of films and documentaries. training courses may be conducted for drivers. The I R C has been organising highway safety workshops in different regions of the country.
ROAD MARKING
Road or traffic markings are made of lines, patterns. Words, symbols or reflectors on the pavement, kerb side of islands or on fixed objects with in or near the roadway. Traffic markings may be called special signs intended to control, warn, guide or regulate the traffic. The markings are made using paints in contrast with colour and brightness of the pavement or other back ground. Light reflecting paints are also commonly used for traffic marking. In order to ensure that the markings are seen by the road users, the longitudinal lines should be made in such a way that they are visible at sufficient distance in advance to give road users adequate time to respond
CONTROL OF ACCESS ON HIGHWAYS
If effective access control is not effected along a highway facility, ribbon development and encroachments follow, resulting in increase in the number of accidents and considerable reduction in level of service for vehicle operation. The control of access can either be full or partial. Full control the access is highway means that the authority to control the access is exercised to give preference to through traffic by providing access connections with selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at grade private drive way connection. When there may be some private drive way connections and some crossings at grade, this is called partial control of access.
Express ways are divided arterial highways for motor traffic with full or partial control of access and generally provided with grade separation at intersections. Arterial highways are primarily meant for through traffic, usually on a continuous route and have partial control of access.
Major corridors of inter-city traffic are increasing in import-ancc and are to be protected from unregulated road side development by exercising limited access control.
