Road Safety strategy for 2013-2020 launched…Rohee anticipates increased traffic rank presence

Jun 14, 2013 News

During the launching of the Guyana National Road Safety Strategy for 2013 to 2020 on Wednesday last, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee expressed hope to have a Police Traffic Officer stationed at every road corner, disclosing that in just a few weeks, citizens will benefit from a new batch of traffic officers.
These officers will be the latest being released from the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Training College.
Rohee went on to explain that the officers were hand-picked to be traffic wardens, so as to avoid negative effects, citing the importance of road safety to a thriving economy with a growing importation rate of vehicles.
The Road Safety Strategy Plan which was developed under the guidance of Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) was also done in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and was launched during a workshop at the Regency Hotel in Georgetown.
The plan listed the main road safety objectives for the aforementioned period (2013-2020) as being to ensure that roads are safe and easy to use by all; strengthening road safety systems; making vehicles safe for both drivers and passengers; improving the behaviour of road users through comprehensive programmes, and enhancing responses to post-crash emergencies by improving health services and other systems involved in responding to road traffic accidents. It is also a part of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020).
The plan also listed some of the pillars in the previous strategy (2008-2013), stating that the gaps were used as guidelines.
Rohee said that his Ministry and the GNRSC are in the process of studying proposals in relation to one-way streets, as well as presenting more Bills to Parliament on citizen security.
The Minister further noted that despite the vital part that the GNRSC plays in advocating and ensuring the safety of road users, it is not well known to many persons.
At the workshop, GNRSC handed over the Global Road Status Report on road safety to the Minister, who, during his address to the gathering, called for a more aggressive approach by the Education Ministry on the issue of law enforcement. This sought to explain that road crashes are among the top ten causes of death in Guyana. It was noted that this is the number one cause of death among persons between the ages of five and 14, and the number two cause of death for those aged 15 to 24.
Globally, road accidents take the lives of nearly 1.3 million people annually, and injure another 20-50 million.
Traffic Chief Hugh Denhert stated that there are several interventions that the GPF has to initiate in order to achieve the objectives highlighted in the strategic plan. He explained that these include making traffic safety a core value within the force, as well as to integrate traffic safety in all operations, and provide necessary training and equipment so that ranks can fulfill the responsibility of providing traffic safety to the public.

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