Buckle Up, It’s The Law

Buckle Up, It’s The Law

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Lonpac Insurance Bhd has teamed up with the Ministry of Transport to launch a Road Safety Campaign themed ‘Buckle Up, It Is The Law’. For the past umpteen years, authorities have been ceaselessly running various campaigns during festive periods in an effort to bring down cases of road accidents and associated fatalities.

This latest in the long line of road safety campaigns is orgnanized to ensure that motorists, among other things, buckle up and also to practice safe driving habits. According to data provided by Lonpac, almost 300 deaths are recorded because users of motor vehicles neglect to use seat belts on the move.

In conjunction with the campaign, Lonpac Insurance is offering free personal accident coverage of up to RM10,000 for the entire month of February 2010 to all travelers aged between 17 and 65 years old traveling in the country in whatever form of transport that you can think of. You may log on to www.lonpac.com for further details, and also to apply for your free coverage, though we certainly do not hope that you will cash in on it!

The message behind the campaign covers what is termed the eight golden rules of safety:
* Buckle Up!
* Do not use handphones while driving.
* Plan for a safe journey.
* Do not beat red lights.
* Do not jump queue.
* Use side mirrors & signals before changing lane.
* Adhere to speed limits & keep a safe following distance
* Do not weave between vehicles.

Most of the above rules are very much common sense and courtesy, which can be easily cultivated into one’s psyche. Adhering to speed limits might be a bit of a problem for some when every car out there is in a hurry to boast of the hundreds of horses under their respective bonnets, but keeping a safe distance is a very wise thing to do. And you certainly CAN refrain from jumping that queue.

If there is one area in which our government cannot be accused of lacking initiative, it is in the subject of road safety. Every year, tidy sums of money are spent to educate the public on the importance of practising good road manners.

Unfortunately, the fact is that our roads continue to remain as a death trap. More people die in road accidents than in war or disease. The irony is that should a plague or war descend upon us, we would be powerless to stop it. We are most certainly not powerless to stop road accidents. It is simply up to you to step on the brakes.

Finally, buckle up. It’s not just because it’s the law, it’s your safety!

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