USING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNS

Guided By:

Pradeep Purohit sir

Asso. Professor

Presented By:

Sachin Nagayach

0108CE13ME42

A

Seminar

on

WHAT IS AN ACCIDENT

The term accident has been defined as an

occurrence in the sequence of events which

usually produces unintended injury , death or

property damage,

470,000 kms major

District Roads

1,28,000k

m

State

highway

66,590 kms

National Highway

2,60,000 kms Village and other Roads

Road carry 85% passenger and 70%freight traffic

India no.1 in Road Accidents.

India suffers from highest number of deaths

around 150000 in absolute terms annually.

INDIA:2012

Accidents : 4.97 lakh (1 every minute)

Deaths: 1,42,485 (one death every 4 min)

Road traffic injuries(RTIs) was 9th leading

cause of death in 2004 and expected to be

5th leading cause of death by 2030.

Over Speeding

Drunk Driving

Using Mobile Phones while Driving

Irresponsible Driving

Ignoring Safety Precautions

Not wearing of helmets and seatbelts

Poor road infrastructure &Congested city road.

Driver

Pedestrian

Passenger

Vehicle defects

Weather

Animals

Maintaing of Roads. It include maintaing existing roads.

Improving road surface.

Constructng guards.

Rails.

Proper signs &widening of roads.

There should be good lighting in night.

BY USING Traffic sign and signals

In article 2 the convention classes all road signs

into a number of categories :

A. Danger warning signs

B. Priority signs

C. Prohibitory or restrictive signs

D. Mandatory signs

F. Information, facilities, or service signs

G. Direction, position, or indication sign

H. Additional panels

Warning signs can indicate any

potential hazard, obstacle or

condition requiring special

attention.

Here are the most common warning

signs:

Crossroad Sign

Y-junction

Sign

Narrow Bridge

Sign

Speed Humps

Sign

Priority traffic signs indicate the

order in which vehicles should pass

intersection points.

Here are some common examples

of Priority Traffic Signs :

Stop Sign

Go Sign

One –way Roadway Signs

Prohibitory traffic signs are used

to prohibit certain types of

manoeuvres or some types of traffic.

Here are some common examples of

prohibitory traffic signs:

Speed Limit Sign

Mass Limit Sign

Parking Prohibited

Sign

Stopping

Prohibited Sign

Mandatory signs are road signs which are

used to set the obligations of all traffic

which use a specific area of road.

Unlike prohibitory or restrictive signs,

mandatory signs tell traffic what it must do,

rather than must not do.

Here are some common examples of

mandatory signs:

Pedestrians Only Sign

Taxi Only Sign

Keep Left/Right Sign

Service signs are those that indicates a

specific facility by which many can find

useful, especially those that can be used for

medical purposes, security, and food.

Here are some common examples of

service signs:

Parking Area Sign

Hospital Sign

A direction sign, more fully defined as

a direction, position, or indication sign by

the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and

Signals, is any road sign used primarily to

give information about the location of either

the driver or possible destinations, and are

considered a subset of the informative signs

group.

Here are some common examples of

Indication Signs:

3-way Destination w/ Distance

Sign

Destination w/ Distance Sign

Go Slow

DownStop

Don’t Walk

Walk

Stop traffic

approaching from the

front.

Stop traffic approaching

from the rear.

Flag signal to proceed.

Flag signal to slow

down.

Ambulance

Bus

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Taxi

Fire

Police