Home Minister Babulal Gaur has said that the two-wheeler riders should use helmet for their safety and not out of fear of traffic police and traffic rules. He was addressing an helmet awareness campaign and training programme here on Wednesday.
Gaur provided details and causes of road accidents related to two-wheeler riders in the state and appealed to use helmet mandatorily. Earlier, Gaur also stopped the vehicles on the main road near police control room and asked the two-wheeler riders to use helmet.
With an aim to increase awareness about traffic rules and encouraging the two-wheeler riders for mandatory use of helmets an awareness campaign and training programme was inaugurated by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Bhopal, D Srinivasa Varma on Tuesday. The city traffic police have arranged training programmes at auditorium at police control room for two-wheeler riders who were found violating traffic rules and were without helmets across the city squares.
During the training programmes photographs and videos of accident occurred in the city in the past were shown to the riders. In those accidents the riders who were without helmets died due to the impact of the accident and how helmets could prove life saving for the riders was discussed. Details of traffic signals and rules were provided to the citizens during the training. Helmet checking drive at 10 main squares of the city was also held under the awareness campaign. In the campaign on Wednesday, those wearing helmets were encouraged by providing chocolates.