Tag: civics

If we are honest in our public life, we will get better public services and facilities. Our public transport system will run at a loss and would soon shut down if people don't buy ticket and travel. So if each person honestly buys a ticket, this problem will be solved. Similarly person should possess such other good qualities too for ourself and public betterment.

In a family, we co-operate with each other. Similarly, in a team sports,the more the players co-operate with one another, better is the game. Instead of keeping the feeling of co-operation restricted to game we can inculcate in public life too for betterment of it.

In 1895 John Henry Knight was convicted and fined for using a motor-tricycle on the highway. He was probably the first motorist to appear in court.

The world's first car was invented in 1769 by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot.

The Worlds first traffic lights were installed in Detroit, USA in 1919. The first traffic lights in Britain were installed in Wolverhampton during 1928. However, they did not come to London till 1932.

The first motor-car accident in Britain resulting in the death of the driver occurred in Grive Hill, Harrow-on-the Hill, London on 25th February 1899. 

In the sixteenth century invention of automatic mechanized vehicles helped people travel from one place to another faster. The worlds first car was invented in 1769.

In 1771 the first accident involving a motor vehicle took place in Paris when Cugnot's steam tractor hit a low wall in the grounds of  the Paris arsenal. 

Locations of road signs-
I) Left side of the road
II) On multilane road repeated on the other side of the road
III) On wide carriageway overhead signs are also used
IV) On hilly roads signs are installed on valley side
V) Warning signs in urban areas are located 50m in advance