adminto remind motorists to travel safely ahead of the Heroes and Defence forces holidays next month. The campaigns, which begin today, are targeted to motorists and members of the public.
This comes in the wake of increases in fatal road accidents especially during the holidays. Most of the accidents have been attributed to speeding, human error, fatigue, drunken driving, driving without due care and unroadworthy vehicles, among other causes.
National Traffic police spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome yesterday said they were carrying out the awareness campaigns in preparation for the holidays.
“We are doing this to educate both the motorists and the travelling public to travel safely during the holidays. We want to ensure that it would be an accident-free holiday.
“A number of accidents do happen during this period and if we conscientise people early the better,” he said.
Insp Chigome said they were distributing flyers to motorists, educating them to drive safely.
“Motorists should bear with us during the period as they will likely be stopped at any roadblocks as it would be for their safety. They must take the fliers seriously as they contain messages that serve human life,” Insp Chigome said.
Last year police acquired 40 top of the range BMW vehicles, which were deployed on all the country’s major roads to curb road carnage. The vehicles were acquired from South Africa to increase police visibility on the highways.
Also acquired were 25 Ford Ranger trucks and 436 bicycles to be used in attending to crime scenes.
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