Traffic action plan bearing dividends, less accidents, road deaths - Traffic Chief Moore

Traffic action plan bearing dividends, less accidents, road deaths – Traffic Chief Moore

Oct 19, 2015 News

A reinstituted action plan targeting drivers who operate above the legal speed limit, do not wear seatbelts, breach traffic light control signals, use cell phones while driving and drink excess alcohol, is bearing fruit.
This comes as Guyana is preparing to observe Road Safety Month starting November 1, under the theme, “Be wise, stay alive. Stop speeding, don’t drink and drive.”
Started in August to enforce traffic laws, the recently confirmed Traffic Chief Dion Moore told this publication that the Action Plan has yielded a lot of positive results, including a reduction of traffic accidents by 20 percent and a 15 percent reduction in deaths on the roadways.
“We have seen a reduction in the amount of fatal accidents thus far and we are hoping to have it further reduced by the end of the year.” He said there has been an evident positive change over the past month, especially on the weekends when accidents are more likely to occur.
The Traffic Chief is calling on persons to be more responsible as road users in the interest of stemming the tide of wanton injuries and lives lost. By this he is referring specifically to the lot of persons who sit idly by and allow drivers to commit traffic offences because it does not appear to directly, or immediately affect them.
“If you sit in a vehicle that’s overloaded or remain quiet while the driver is speeding, you are allowing the driver to commit an offence while endangering your own life,” the Traffic Chief said.
Superintendent Moore also noted that persons are just as guilty if they knowingly enter a car being driven by an unlicensed driver, and he said the time has come for more persons to speak out. “Too many persons sit and say nothing and wait for an accident to happen then they suddenly realize that the driver was committing infringements. In some cases persons who knew they were in harm’s way but said nothing have not lived to tell their side of the story.”
He reminded persons that while there is a Traffic Department, it is an individual’s duty to understand that they have a role to play in road safety. “Road safety is not just traffic policemen duties. It encompasses all the stakeholders and there is need for all to accept their responsibility to ensure more safe roads nationally.”
He also encouraged persons to think as each other’s keepers and custodians of the general society. On the subject of seats belts, Traffic Chief Moore said while there may have been some relaxing moving forward, more stringent law enforcement to ensure that persons buckle up or face the consequences can be looked forward to from his unit. “It is no secret that whenever you do not wear seatbelts in event of an accident your body would be tossed in the vehicle, causing you to sustain more injuries than normal,” he posited.
At present there are 18, 640 persons charged for speeding while 1,754 are before the courts for driving under the influence of alcohol. Some 778 were charged for jumping the traffic lights and 519 persons were charged for using cellular phones while driving. Persons charged for operating Private hire amounted to 277 drivers while 1844 persons were charged for loud music in breach of their road services license. Moore also said that 727 persons are before the courts charged for failing to adhere to sirens to date. (Mondale Smith)

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