Seth Sedziafa, a Driving Consultant has urged drivers to claim their importance in society by acting professionally during their operations.
Mr. Sedziafa made the call at a workshop organized by Marketing Links Services of Ho for 100 institutional drivers in the Volta Region on defensive driving.
Topics treated included, causes and prevention of road traffic accidents, new road traffic laws, defensive driving skills, road signs and highway markings.
The rest were hazard awareness, driving under different conditions and vehicle maintenance and management.
Speaking on the topic, "drive to stay alive", Mr Sedziafa, said as those into whose hands the lives of road users were entrusted, drivers should not take their responsibilities on the road for granted.
He said driving should not be a dangerous vocation if those engaged in it valued their own lives and took the necessary safety precautions to avoid accidents.
Mr Sedziafa said drivers are the most important people in Great Britain because they always upheld the highest standards in safe driving.
"A driver is not common but very important", Mr Sedziafa asserted.
Mr Sedziafa said drivers should always ensure that they were mentally, physically and psychologically alert and be able to think and decide on what to do at any moment while on the road.
He said it was important that they paid attention to their health, take enough rest and avoid alcohol at least four hours before they took to the road.
Mr Sedziafa created several scenarios to illustrate situations that normally resulted in accidents and techniques of safe overtaking.
He said defensive driving required that drivers conducted regular and thorough checks on their vehicles before hitting the road, be abreast with road safety regulations, pray and adopt healthy live-styles.
Mr Sedziafa said a defensive driver is the one whose conduct secures the lives of all road users and was not a nuisance and an eyesore to others.
Samuel Kwawukumey, Chief Executive Officer of Marketing Links advised institutional drivers to portray positive images about their institutions and the officials they were driving.
He said it was important that they took advantage of opportunities to upgrade themselves like any other professionals in order to be abreast of new developments.
Source: GNA
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