Using the road

There are many factors that lead to road crashes – speeding, drink and drug driving and driver distraction are some of them but so are driving whilst tired, driving too fast for the road or weather conditions or simply driver inexperience.
 
A few tips to driving safely are:
  • Avoid driving at night when you would usually be asleep – between midnight and 6am is high risk.
  • If you are driving with passengers, whether adults or young children, you are responsible for their safety. Don’t let them distract you.
  • Don’t drive if you have consumed drink or drugs, prescribed or otherwise. 
  • Make sure that everyone in your car is wearing a seat belt. If you crash your airbag will deploy at between 300 and 600mph and can kill you if you aren’t wearing a seat belt.
  • Keep your speed down. Many crashes happen as a result of the driver losing control, particularly on bends.
  • Never use a mobile phone whilst driving and don’t call someone who you know is driving – you wouldn’t like to be responsible for their death.
 
This is just the tip of the iceberg. To really get to grips with safe driving take a look around this section.