Fatal consequences: ‘Following traffic laws can prevent road injuries’
Experts share reasons for high number of road accidents .
Singer and activist Shehzad Roy along with Motorway Police IG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema, Karachi commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui, IBA director and dean Dr Ishrat Husain, former Sindh IGP Asad Jahangir at the road safety seminar. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
Since traffic mortality is the highest in persons aged between 16 and 35, the speakers urged young drivers to follow the speed limits set by the law.
The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) organised a seminar titled, ‘Road Safety measures’ on Monday at its Karachi University campus. A large number of officials participated in the seminar including Motorway Police IG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema, Traffic DIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo, commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui, IBA director and dean Dr Ishrat Husain, former Sindh IGP Asad Jahangir, NED University Department of Urban and Infrastructure Engineering chairperson Professor Dr Mir Shabbar Ali and civil society member Nazim Haji.
The chief guest, Cheema, emphasised that there should be no VIP culture and that no one was above the law. “The youth is the future of this country and today you have to pledge to never violate the rule of law, including traffic laws,” he said.
Professor Ali, with the help of a presentation, stated that 385 young people died last year in fatal injuries that could have been avoided by wearing a helmet.
Dr Husain, in his concluding remarks, appreciated the rule of law on the highways of the country. It is very hard to find any other organisation in the country other than the motorway police, who successfully follow the rules of law and do not bend them under pressure. “Once you abandon the righteous way, you will face a lot of problems, so my students I urge you not to violate the rules of law and order.”
Civil society member Nazim Haji told The Express Tribune that without any kind of agreement on the solution to the existing road accident injuries, the problem will persist. “They are avoiding mentioning the corruption within the traffic police because it is most likely that they are themselves involved in violation of the rules of law from head to toe.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2014.
Since traffic mortality is the highest in persons aged between 16 and 35, the speakers urged young drivers to follow the speed limits set by the law.
The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) organised a seminar titled, ‘Road Safety measures’ on Monday at its Karachi University campus. A large number of officials participated in the seminar including Motorway Police IG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema, Traffic DIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo, commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui, IBA director and dean Dr Ishrat Husain, former Sindh IGP Asad Jahangir, NED University Department of Urban and Infrastructure Engineering chairperson Professor Dr Mir Shabbar Ali and civil society member Nazim Haji.
The chief guest, Cheema, emphasised that there should be no VIP culture and that no one was above the law. “The youth is the future of this country and today you have to pledge to never violate the rule of law, including traffic laws,” he said.
Professor Ali, with the help of a presentation, stated that 385 young people died last year in fatal injuries that could have been avoided by wearing a helmet.
Dr Husain, in his concluding remarks, appreciated the rule of law on the highways of the country. It is very hard to find any other organisation in the country other than the motorway police, who successfully follow the rules of law and do not bend them under pressure. “Once you abandon the righteous way, you will face a lot of problems, so my students I urge you not to violate the rules of law and order.”
Civil society member Nazim Haji told The Express Tribune that without any kind of agreement on the solution to the existing road accident injuries, the problem will persist. “They are avoiding mentioning the corruption within the traffic police because it is most likely that they are themselves involved in violation of the rules of law from head to toe.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2014.