Effective management: Four traffic zones planned to avoid gridlocks

Each licence branch will have a driving school affiliated with it.


Our Correspondent March 31, 2017
PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE: City Traffic Police Lahore has decided to divide the provincial capital into four zones to averting gridlocks, build the capacity of drivers and avoid gridlocks.

Chief Traffic Police Officer Rai Ijaz Ahmad said each licence branch would have a driving school affiliated with it in all the four zones. He said the current driving school functional at Traffic Police Lines Thokar Niaz Beg was established in 2014 and trained more than 3,500 students this far.

“Dividing Lahore in four traffic zones for better management is part of a broader agenda of reforms that will also include IT-based reforms, training the master trainers, establishment of training college and formulation of law module,” Ijaz highlighted.

He said driving schools would be run in rented buildings until the Traffic Police acquire the government land. The driving school at Thokar Niaz Beg has produced marvelous results, he claimed. The institute trained thousands of people including women, the CTO said. “The instructors not only taught the students how to drive, but also educated them about traffic laws. The school hours are also very relaxed as students have to spend only for one hour of their choice from 9am to 5pm for driving lessons,” the chief traffic police officer remarked.

“Now, the traffic police have decided to establish similar driving schools in four different zones of the city to facilitate citizens.”

Meanwhile, in a certificate distribution ceremony, CTO Rai Ijaz distributed certificates among 43 students at Thokar Niaz Beg. Speaking on the occasion, he said learning appropriate driving skills and knowledge of traffic laws was mandatory for every driver before coming onto the roads. “An untrained driver poses a threat to not only his own life, but also those of others.”

He said following traffic rules was necessary to minimise road accidents. “Motorcyclists must use helmets as it saves them from severe head injuries,” Ijaz highlighted.

“Same is the case with the use of seatbelts. It not only reduces injury chances after a crash, but also makes driving comfortable.”

He also appealed to citizens to refrain from wrong parking and violating the one-way rule.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2017.

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