- Keep Speed below 60 km/hr if fog is there and you are not able to see properly.
- Use Head lights if dense fog are there. and Avoid sudden breaks in these situations.
- In dense fog and more ice on road make Tyre to skit on the road. So, keep your car speed below 30-40 km/hr.
- Most importantly- Don't drive after drinking. Drunken driving is the major cause of fatal accidents on the road.
Sometimes these precautions are not also enough to avoid accidents. Even a good and experienced can encounter an accidents any time. So, what you should in that situation:-
- Immediately Call the emergency number 100 (for India only).
- Make the person lie on a flat surface. Keep first aid box in your car also for emergency.
- If you are conscious, look for major injuries and bleeding sources.
- Put pressure to stop the bleeding, using a cloth or cotton from first aid box. Most deaths happen in accidents due to blood loss.
- Remove helmet slowly if hanging through one's neck in case you find difficulty in breathing.
- Don't shake a person, it may prove fatal if the spinal cord is injured.
- Don't make the driver to drink or eat anything while driving. Avoid talking with him also.
- Don't remove objects that have punched into the victim's body. Wait for the ambulance to come.
- Always support neck and head while transporting a victim.
- Check the pulse. Pulse can checked putting the fore and middle fingers together near the throat.
- If possible, take the victim to the nearest hospital within an hour of accident taken place.
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