Malda Police District

Wherever possible, avoid walking next to the curb with your back to the traffic. If you have to step into the road, look both ways first.

Wear or carry something light coloured, bright or fluorescent in poor daylight conditions.

When it is dark, use reflective materials (e.g. armbands, sashes, waistcoats and jackets), which can be seen, by drivers using headlights, up to three times as far away as non-reflective materials.

Young children should not be out alone on the pavement or road. When taking children out, walk between them and the traffic and hold their hands firmly. Strap very young children into push-chairs or use reins.

Always walk on the footpath, they are meant for you. Where there is no footpath, walk in the left side margin of the road so that you can see the traffic coming in the opposite direction.

Cross the roads, where there are pedestrian crossings. They have been painted at great cost for your convenience.

Where there are no pedestrian crossings, watch the traffic on both sides and cross when it is safe.

Never walk on the main carriageway, it could be fatal.

Do not read newspapers or look at hoardings while walking on the road.

Do not greet friends on the road. Take them to the footpath or the side margin.

Do not obstruct the traffic by standing on the road in front of bus shelters.

Do not cross the road by jumping over the center median.

You MUST NOT get on to or hold on to a moving vehicle.

Don’t “Drink and Walk.” If you’ve been drinking, take a cab or a bus, or let someone drive you home.