Tips to road users to ensure their road safety this festive season

Here are some tips Health Guide 911 offers some tips to road users to ensure their road safety:

• Always wear a seatbelt, and ensure all passengers are also buckled up. The law requires all children under three to be secured in proper child restraint seats.

• Don’t drink and drive and don’t drink and walk.

• Have your tyres checked (including the spare) and ensure they are suitable for a long journey (and safe enough to bring you back again). Check your wheel alignment.

• Drive to the conditions of the road. Don’t speed.

• If you are a pedestrian, be visible to other road users, and walk where there is light. As a motorist, always focus on the road and check for pedestrians.

• Don’t take chances by running or walking over busy roads of highways.

• Always wear your helmet, and dress appropriately for motorbike and bicycle usage.

• Don’t be distracted while driving. Eating, drinking, talking to back seat passengers is extremely dangerous. Stay focused on whether you are in a car, on a motorcycle, cycle or walking.

• Do not text or talk on mobile devices.

• If you are going on a long trip, stop every two hours or every 200km for a rest, to stretch your legs, and regain your focus.

This time of the year is for family and friends to reconnect, spend time with each other, and to enjoy a break. Arrive safely at your destination, and return safely back home.