Patiala- Punjab Police Special DGP Traffic, Shri A.S. Rai, has written a letter to the Punjab officials that bare-headed vehicle drivers and women driving motorcycles, scooters, must wear good quality helmets, then go on a journey and return safely to their homes. He has appealed that no one should be allowed to enter offices, educational institutions, commercial establishments without a helmet. Petrol should not be supplied without a helmet at petrol pumps.
It is also mandatory for the passenger sitting behind to wear a helmet. He wrote that while police personnel wear a cap during duty, but they must wear a helmet instead of a cap while driving a vehicle, so if uniformed personnel are seen, the common people and youth should make efforts for their safety and respect by following the rules and laws.
This information was given by Chief Trainer of First Aid, Safety, Health Awareness Mission Shri Kaka Ram Verma and ASI Ram Saran of Traffic Education Cell while training students at Mata Kushallya Nursing School on traffic rules, laws, principles and how to help victims.
Every year, more than 40/50 lakh people die in traffic accidents in the country, disability is increasing due to head injuries and drivers are going to jails. He said that due to the death of a person on the roads, 25/30 family members of the deceased also die or commit suicide. At least 30/40 lakh rupees are spent on the treatment of the disabled or comatose victims.
In the country, the highest number of deaths, disabilities, unconsciousness, comas due to head and spinal cord injuries are among minors, youths and 90% of them are women. Because these people give more importance to the beauty of their hair and face instead of helmets.
He said that 80% of the people who suffer from paralysis or paralysis due to internal head injuries are not healthy at all. Whereas a helmet worth Rs. 1000 protects them from head, face, teeth, eyes, jaw, neck injuries during accidents, heat, heat, wind, insects, dizziness, stroke, cold.
He requested the district administration and the officers of each department to make it mandatory for their employees to wear helmets, so that employees, minors and women/girls do not commit suicide on the roads.