Safety tips for night driving for women
For many women, the thought of driving back alone late at night is enough to cause butterflies in the tummy. And anxiety time is guaranteed for her family and near ones.
So tip no 1: Avoid late night driving if you can. Do you really need to leave your friend’s place or office at midnight and then get the jitters as male drivers eye you on your drive back home?
Tip no 2: Don’t let your confidence cloud your instinct. Over-confidence can be very unwise. The nothing-will-happen-don’t-worry slogan has been told and heard several times but if something does happen, then the victim will end up becoming a bad example. Therefore, listen to your ‘intuition’ or ‘sixth sense’. If things seem even slightly unsafe, be on your guard and put your mind into top gear to ensure safe driving practices, and brace yourself for different vulnerabilities.
Tip no 3: Keep your vehicle well serviced so you can avoid any car breakdown issues to a considerable extent.
Tip no 4: Keep important numbers in the mobile as well as in an address book. We are living in an age where many of us struggle to remember our own phone number, so this book will come in handy in case your phone battery runs down, or you have left it somewhere.
Before entering your car, after you may have stopped on the road for some reason, look inside the car, especially the back seat before unlocking and entering.
Activate your speed dials, which can be used to dial numbers in emergency. If possible, chat on a video mode with a family member or friend during the drive for moral support. The connect also helps to understand your location and to inform immediately in case of any problem. The family member can then seek help on your behalf.
Stopping for people who seem to be in distress on the road can be risky as it is difficult to differentiate between the genuine and fake cases. If you do feel that it is a genuine problem, take the help of police or call a hospital if there is a health emergency.
Prevention is better than cure.
