Curbing requires cooperation of all
The government, transport owners, drivers, and passengers all should collaborate to reduce road accidents, speakers said at a seminar on creating mass awareness about road accidents yesterday.
They said if traffic management authorities enforce traffic rules accurately and drivers and passengers follow these rules, the number of road accidents would decrease significantly.
They were speaking at the seminar jointly organised by Chittagong District Administration and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) held in Chittagong District Administration Auditorium in the city.
Md Ayubur Rahman Khan, BRTA chairman, said drivers of our country do not follow traffic rules. Many of them are not even aware of said rules and pedestrians are not always careful when they walk on the streets.
These are the main reasons for most of the road accidents, he said.
Film star and Nirapad Sarak Chai Chairman Ilias Kanchan requested vehicle owners to increase pay scale for their drivers and to hand them an appointment letter when employing them.
He said more training institutes for drivers should be established in the country.
Md Serajul Huq Khan, divisional commissioner of Chittagong, said laws should be imposed equally on people who are liable for road accidents.
In developed countries, there is a point system on driving licenses and if a driver is liable for an accident the points in his license decrease and if it reaches zero the license is cancelled, said Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Safiqul Islam adding that such a system should be established in the country.
Drivers alone are not responsible for road accidents, said Md Osman Ali, general secretary of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation.
Driving lessons and traffic rules should taught in schools, he added.
Md Moshier Rahman, director (enforcement) of BRTA, Ehsan-e- Elahi, additional deputy commissioner in Chittagong, spoke among others.
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