Aw fɔ drayv sef wan na rod we yu nɔ gɛt aksidɛnt? (Defensive Driving) Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am tide!

If yu na drayva, wi nɔ go ɛva ebul fɔ kɔntrol aw ɔda pipul dɛn de drayv ɔ wetin dɛn de du na rod. Dat na tru. Bɔt bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt bɔku aksidɛnt ɛn fɔ protɛkt wisɛf. Na dat wi de kɔl ‘ difensiv drayvin’. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, dis tan lɛk we wi de tek tɛm bifo wi sik. Na fɔ tek tɛm as yu ebul bifo aksidɛnt apin na rod.

So, aw wi de du dis (Defensive Driving)?

Dis nɔ nid fɔ bi big tin. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ rɛdi yu maynd bifo yu go biɛn di wil . Dat min se yu nid fɔ de wach, pe atɛnshɔn, ɛn no ɔda drayva dɛn ɔltɛm. Dɔn tray fɔ fala dɛn step ya.

1. Yu fɔ no di tin dɛn we de arawnd yu ɔltɛm.

Dis na di fɔs tin ɛn di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Nɔ jɔs luk stret bifo ɛn drayv.

• Chek yu motoka in miro ɔltɛm. Yu nid fɔ si udat de kɔmɔt biɛn ɛn udat de kɔmɔt na di ɔda say.
• Luk bifo tɛm. Dat min se yu fɔ luk ɔltɛm fɔ wetin de apin na rod 20 to 30 sɛkɔn bifo yu . Da we de, if sɔntin apin we yu nɔ bin de tink se go apin, yu kin rɛdi fɔ am bifo tɛm.
• Nɔ kip yu yay pan wan ples. Skan dɛn na ɔl di say dɛn.
• Sɔntɛnde, drayva dɛn kin de we rili agresiv na di rod. If yu si pɔsin lɛk dat, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ slo smɔl, ɔ if i pɔsibul, pul ova to di sayd we di rod de ɛn lɛf dɛn fɔ go. Nɔ kɔmpit wit dɛn ɔ mek dɛn vɛks. Bikɔs wi nɔ want fɔ fɛt, wi sef impɔtant pas ɔl.
• Dɔn bak, fɔ no ɔltɛm bɔt pipul dɛn we de waka na rod, pipul dɛn we de jok, pipul dɛn we de rayd baysikul, ɛn sɔntɛnde animal dɛn we dɛn kin mɛn na os we kin jomp na rod . Dis impɔtant mɔ na di siti dɛn ɛn nia skul dɛn.

2. Kɔntrol yu spid.

Spid kin rili denja if dɛn nɔ kɔntrol am fayn.

• Drayv insay di spid limit. Dɛn kin put spid limit na di rod dɛn fɔ wan rizin. Dɛn rili impɔtant fɔ yu sef ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn sef.
• We yu de go fast pas aw yu tink, i kin at fɔ kɔntrol yu motoka. If pɔsin pul ɔp bifo yu wantɛm wantɛm, dɔg jomp kɔmɔt na di rod, ɔ di motoka we de bifo stɔp wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ go gɛt bɛtɛ tɛm ɛn distans fɔ stɔp. Jɔs lɛk aw yu kin slip ɛn fɔdɔm na wet wet rod, di mɔ yu de go fast, na di mɔ yu go gɛt aksidɛnt.
• Drayv sloslo we di wɛda bad. Dat min se yu fɔ drayv slo pas aw yu kin drayv we ebi ebi ren de kam, we di rod dɛn wet, ɔ we fɔg de. Di rod kin slipul mɔ pan dɛn tɛm dɛn de, ɛn pipul dɛn nɔ kin si am igen.

3. Fɔ fala di lɔ we se 3 sɛkɔn

Fɔ drayv tumɔs nia di motoka we de bifo na abit we rili denja. Dis ‘3-sɛkɔn lɔ’ go ɛp yu fɔ kip distans we sef.

• Dis na tin we rili simpul. We yu de drayv, we di motoka we de bifo yu pas wan fiks mak na di sayd we di rod de (fɔ ɛgzampul, layt pol, layn we dɛn drɔ na rod, tik, sayn), bigin fɔ kɔnt na yu maynd , "Wan... tu... tri..." fɔ tri sɛkɔn.
• We yu kɔnt to ‘tri’, yu motoka fɔ pas da sayn de. If na so, yu de na say we sef fɔ fala .
• If yu aksidɛntli pas da sayn de bifo yu kɔnt to ‘tri’, dat min se yu de tailgate . Dɔn slo smɔl ɛn kip distans we sef.
• If di rod nɔ fayn, dat na, na ren de, na rod we gɛt dɔti, ɔ na fɔg , i go rili bɛnifit di bɔdi fɔ mek dis go ɔp to lɛk 3 ɔ 6 sɛkɔn . Na bikɔs dɛn kayn tɛm dɛn de, di tɛm we i kin tek fɔ stɔp di motoka kin lɔng.

4. Put di tin dɛn we de ambɔg yu kpatakpata

We yu de drayv motoka , yu fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ pan di rod ɛn drayv. Ivin we pɔsin de ambɔg am fɔ smɔl tɛm, i kin mek i gɛt siriɔs aksidɛnt.

• Di big prɔblɛm we de na wi tɛm na dis mobayl fon . Fɔ kɔl, teks, go na soshal midia, wach fim we yu de drayv, na tin we rili denja. Dis na tin dɛn we lɔ nɔ gri fɔ, ɛn if dɛn kech yu, yu kin ivin gɛt fayn.
• Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, fɔ it we yu de drayv, fɔ luk fɔ bɔtul wata, fɔ ple lawd myuzik, fɔ mek sɔntin na di dɛshbɔd, ɔ ivin fɔ tɔk to di pipul dɛn we de na di bak sit, ɔl dis kin mek yu nɔ pe atɛnshɔn.
• As mɔ as yu ebul , nɔ de nia ɔl di tin dɛn we go ambɔg yu te yu rich usay yu want fɔ go. Put yu fon na saylɛnt ɛn put am say we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ rich, sɔntɛm na yu bag. Sɔm fon dɛn gɛt ‘driving mode’ bak , we we yu on am, i kin sɛn mɛsej to pipul dɛn we de kɔl yu ɔtomɛtik wan se yu de drayv. Dat na gud aidia bak.

Jɔs tink bɔt, if smɔl mistek, fɔgɛt fɔ wan split sɛkɔn, mek big aksidɛnt, di damej we i kin mek. Disabilities fɔ ɔl yu layf, famili sɔri, ikɔnomi lɔs... Ɔl dis kin avɔyd if yu tink smɔl ɛn tek tɛm smɔl, nɔto so?

5. Nɔ abop pan ɔda drayva dɛn nɔmɔ.

Wi ɔl nid fɔ du gud to ɔda pipul dɛn we wi de na rod, ɛn wi nid fɔ gi dɛn ples. Bɔt, nɔ drayv wit 100% kɔnfidɛns se ɔlman go drayv akɔdin to di lɔ, si yu, lɛf yu go, ɛn biev di we aw yu tink se dɛn fɔ biev.

• Yu de kia fɔ yusɛf. Dat min se, ilɛk wetin ɔda pipul dɛn du, tink bɔt aw yu go protɛkt yusɛf.
• Bifo yu jɔs trowe yusɛf de tink se, ‘I go lɛf mi fɔ go,’ tink bɔt am fɔ smɔl tɛm se, ‘Wetin a go du if i nɔ lɛf mi fɔ go?’
• Fɔ ɛgzampul, we yu want fɔ tɔn rayt na wan intasekshɔn, pas fɔ tink se di motoka we de kam go mek yu pas, gɛt plan fɔ wetin yu go du if dɛn nɔ stɔp.
• Sɔntɛm di ɔda drayva de na in fon, i nɔ si yu, i bin de na imejensi, ɔ i jɔs nɔ no di lɔ dɛn.
• Sɔm drayva dɛn kin rɔn rɛd layt ɛn nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to di sayn dɛn we de sho se dɛn de stɔp. So i bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu rɛdi fɔ dɛn tin ya ɔltɛm. Dat min se yu fɔ tink ɔltɛm se ‘wetin if’.

Wan ɔda tin bɔt fɔ drayv sef wan

If i pɔsibul, i rili fayn fɔ tek difensiv drayv kɔs ɛvri sɔm ia. I nɔ go jɔs mek yu no bak, bɔt i go ɛp yu bak fɔ mek yu sabi fɔ drayv fayn fayn wan. Insay sɔm kɔntri dɛn, we yu tek dɛn kayn kɔs dɛn de, yu kin gɛt smɔl diskɔnt bak pan yu motoka inshɔrans. Ples dɛn de na Sri Lanka we de gi dɛn kayn kɔs dɛn de. Yu kin no mɔ bɔt dis frɔm di skul dɛn we gɛt gud nem fɔ tren pipul dɛn fɔ drayv na Sri Lanka, ɔ frɔm gɔvmɛnt ɛjɛnshi dɛm lɛk di Dipatmɛnt fɔ Mɔta Trak.

Fɔ dɔn, wetin fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

So, if yu kip dɛn pɔynt ya we wi tɔk bɔt tide na yu maynd we yu de drayv, yu go mɔs ridyus di chans fɔ aksidɛnt bɔku.

• Na fɔ pe atɛnshɔn ɔltɛm.
• Kɔntrol yu spid.
• Kip sef distans frɔm di motoka dɛn we de bifo.
• Avɔyd tin dɛn we de ambɔg yu atɔl.
• Rɛdi fɔ di chans we ɔda drayva dɛn go mek mistek.

Yu layf, ɛn ɔlman in layf we de na di rod, rili valyu. So, tink ɔltɛm bɔt sef, peshɛnt, ɛn tek tɛm drayv. Mɛmba se gud drayva nɔto di wan we de go fast ɛn rich usay i want fɔs, bɔt na di wan we tek tɛm go ɛn dɔn in waka sef wan.

Tek tɛm we yu de go!

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