The first month of schools’ resumption is gradually rolling off and we steadily proceed further ‘ember’ months where road safety officials have been preaching the gospel of drive safely, obey traffic laws, don’t drink drive, don’t receive use your phones while driving etc. Really, if you are to do a self-appraisal of yourself, can […]
Tag Archives: road safety
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Sep
Sep
Have you ever wondered how little gestures actually make the difference, how little drops of water make a big ocean or how droplets of rain results to heavy flood? The reason is consistency. Being consistent in any venture or task makes for lifetime impact. Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) since 2015 has been consistently coming through […]
04
Sep
Sep
Be calm: Natural instinct makes panic the first and prevailing response in an accident scene. However, so as not to aggravate the situation and safely rescue yourself, you need to be calm. As soon as you realize you are conscious breathe in and breathe out for a couple of times. Let your mind be coordinated […]
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Aug
Aug
Give way to Emergency Vehicles Every second count when emergency agencies are called out to an incident, which is why it is vital for people to give way safely when an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance, fire truck, etc approaches. Try to accommodate emergency vehicles; this included lane changes and other maneuvers like reversing. […]
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Jun
Jun
First Aid treatment can save a dying road accident victim Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. Imagine this scenario; Benji and his […]
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Apr
Apr
Do you know that 93% of world fatalities on the road occur in low and middle-income earning countries. We are about to bridge the gap by training exceptional First Responders in the bid to save more lives. WATCH OUT! Details coming soon
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Mar
Mar
Scraaattttttacccccchhh!!! He has hit him; don’t let him run away… Segun (not real name) a member of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was heading to his CDS meeting when a car knocks him down by the roadside around Orile. The driver zoomed off without care while Segun was lying on the road unconscious. People […]
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Nov
Nov
The Federal Road Safety Corps and HEI visited Lagos Island General Hospital – Accident and Emergency ward to donate some medical items and also intervene in 2 critical accident cases.
07
Nov
Nov
Driving on Lagos roads can be a hell of an experience. It takes little to nothing to get a Lagosian angry when he is driving his polished “that-car-cost-me-2 million!” car. For me, the everyday drama on our roads is proof that most Lagosians lack that valuable trait called “patience” and for those who are incredibly […]
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Jul
Jul
1.Stay calm. Keeping a normal demeanor helps you stay in control of the situation. 2. Make sure you and your passengers are OK. Move as far off the roadway as possible, but stay at the scene of the accident. Warn oncoming traffic by activating your hazard warning lights and/or setting flares. 3. Call the police. […]
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