‘Road safety workshops inculcate traffic discipline’

ITP official says around 2,164 road safety workshops held during ongoing year

ISLAMABAD:

Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Head of Education Wing Inspector (Traffic) Rana Muhammad Ishtiaq said the ITP was arranging such road safety workshops and creating awareness among people about the penalty against different traffic rules violations including speeding, one-wheeling, inappropriate number plates, juvenile driving and others.

He said that ITP has arranged 2,164 road safety workshops during the ongoing year to ensure traffic discipline and minimize violation of rules by educating road users.

The traffic workshops were arranged to sensitize driving license applicants, volunteers, students of educational institutions and staff of government and non-government organizations about traffic rules, said a senior officer on Friday.

He said the awareness campaign was aimed at inculcating traffic discipline among citizens, which would eventually help protect the lives and property of road users. rules. The awareness campaign for the safety of road users is in full swing, he added.

In this regard, special teams have been constituted to educate road users as to how they could ensure their own safety before traveling on roads, particularly motorbike riders who were being advised about lane usage.

The Inspector (Traffic) said the teams were performing duties at various main roads of the city and briefing motorbike riders and other motorists about traffic rules. The motorbike riders driving without helmets and side mirrors or having defective indicators, headlights, rear lights and speed metres were being cautioned and urged to get their bikes and vehicles repaired, he said, adding a number of motorbike riders met road accidents due to faulty lights or indicators.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2022.