Chandigarh traffic police, promoting road safety, traffic safety, India road signs & rules, safe responsible driving, first aid India.

Safe Driving

  
Safe Distance Maintain a safe distance from other vehicles.
Emergency Vehicle Get out of the way of a police, fire, ambulance or a VIP escort vehicle.
Lane Change Give proper signal before changing lanes
Driving through a Round-about Give indicator while entering or leaving a roundabout.
Overtaking Check safe overtaking distance and give indiactor while overtaking.
No Overtaking Do not overtake where NO OVERTAKING sign is displayed.
U Turn Not Allowed So not make a U turn where NO U-TURN sign is displayed.
Give way on Round-about Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way to traffic in the round-about.
Give Way on Controlled Intersection Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way to traffic in the intersection.
Give Way on T Intersection Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way to traffic in the intersection.
Give Way on Uncontrolled Intersection Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way to traffic in the intersection.
Stopping at Uncontrolled Intersection Stop and cautiously go through the intersection.
Stopping at Traffic Signals Slow moving vehicles should not stand in front of fast moving vehicles.
Stopping at Pedestrian Crossing Stop your vehicle before the white line. Do not stop it over the "zebra" crossing.
Turning Left Allow smaller vehicles to go through the intersection before you turn left.
Turning Right Change into right lane before intersection.
Joining the Highway Increase your speed in the acceleration lane, give indicator and merge with the traffic.
Exiting the Highway Signal, move into the slowing lane and then reduce speed.
Double White Lines Do not cross the white lines.
Solid and Dotted Line Traffic having continous line on its side cannot cross or straddle the line.
Overtaking at Night Use dipper and change to low beam while overtaking.
Using Dipper at Night Use dipper and change to low beam when vehicle comes from the opposite direction.
Parallel Parking Parking vehicles in a line, front to rear, next to the left side of the road.
Angular Parking Parking the vehicle at an angle to the curb of the road.
Perpendicular Parking Parking at right angle of the road curb.
Straddling a Line When driving on a road marked with Lane Lines, you must keep your vehicle entirely within a lane.
Solid Lane Line The lanes near intersections are often marked by Solid Lane Lines where no lane changing is permissible.
Three-point Turn Make a three-point turn to change directions on a narrow road.
Narrow Bridge Slow down the vehicle while crossing a narrow bridge.