How to ensure personal safety when driving on public transport

According to statistics, one of the most dangerous places in a bus or minibus is closer to the driver, or at the windows. Most often, in an accident, the car breaks out the windows, which can injure passengers sitting next to it. Most accidents occur with a frontal impact, and the passengers in front are thrown out through the panoramic glass during a collision, which gives almost no chance of survival.

Take a seat in the middle of the cabin and closer to the aisle, when driving on the right, these places are the safest.

At the time of the accident, group up, protect your head with your hands and stretch your legs forward (but not under the seat of the passenger sitting in front) this will help to avoid injuries when the bus collides with an obstacle.

While on public transport, if there are no free seats, try to stand in the center of the cabin, holding on to the handrail for greater stability. Pay attention to the location of emergency and emergency exits. In case of an accident, panic and crowding are possible at the exits. In this case, use the emergency exit by pulling out a special cord and squeezing out the glass.

The fact is that when a car overturns, it is not the fact of an accident itself that is terrible, but the threat of fire. In the confined space of the bus interior, a fire may flare up, panic will begin among passengers and there will be more victims of road accidents. To avoid this, you need to leave the salon as early as possible. In the event of a fire in the passenger compartment, inform the driver, open the doors (using the emergency opening), emergency exits or break the window. Protect the respiratory organs from smoke with a handkerchief, scarf or other items of clothing.

After that, you can help the victims and call traffic police, emergency situations and an ambulance. Do not try to extinguish the flames that have flared up under the hood of the car after a collision! It's almost impossible.

 

 

Press service of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region