Traffic rules should be followed strictly and firmness in following the traffic rules should be ensured, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Bhopal (Urban) Sreenivasa Varma during a seminar on 'Safe Driving' at the Police Training and Research Training Institute (PTRI) on Monday.
The seminar was organized at the PTRI for the drivers deployed across the city at different police stations. Around 150 drivers, officials and police personnel of traffic police station and police stations were present at the seminar. DIG Varma also emphasized that process of making license more effective which would help the traffic management system strengthening and make road safer for commuters. At the seminar, Superintendent of Police (Rural/Traffic) Amogla Aier said that by following traffic rules one could save his life and others'. She encouraged following traffic rules and those following traffic rules should encourage others also to follow the rules. Describing rash and wrong overtaking as the main reason behind majority of the accidents Superintendent of Police (HQ) Shashikant Shukla with the help of presentation explained overtaking and differentiated the wrong and right ways of overtaking. Traffic road rules and Motor Vehicle Act were explained by DSP (Traffic) MS Bhadoria. He shared details the advantages of following traffic rules while commuting. DSP (Traffic) Mahendra Jain provided the importance of signals while commuting and how the signals could be used to drive safely and the accidents could be avoided saving precious lives. The participants raised several questions regarding traffic which were answered by the senior officials.