Abstract
Students have risk taking behavior while driving and can be faced
road safety issues. Awareness about road signboards is much
important to reduce the ratio of accidents. This study was
conducted to check the awareness and practice of the students
about road signboards at higher secondary level in Pakistan. The
study was descriptive and quantitative; questionnaire was used as
tool to collect data. The population of the study consisted of all the
11th and 12th class students of higher secondary schools in Pakistan.
Total 720 students from 12 higher secondary schools of 3 districts of
Bahawalpur division were selected with the help of multistage
sampling. Data was collected by visiting sample population by the
researchers. Chi-square test for inferential analysis while frequency
and percentage was used for demographic analysis. It was found
that most of the students are driving motorcycle without driving
license and over speeding was the main cause of accidents.
Awareness level about road signs is amazing but their
implementation was very poor. It was recommended that
Authorities may force youngster of age more than 18 years to obtain
driving license, so they may have idea about traffic rules and can
prevent themselves from road accidents
Muhammad Farooq Ahmad , Muhammad Javed , Javaid Iqbal. (2020) Awareness and Practices of Students about Road Signboards in Pakistan, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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