The authority needs to get its act together, start operating efficiently
As of September this year, road crashes and fatalities have seen a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent, according to government data.
The government must take effective actions to prevent road crashes
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said motorcycles and easy bikes are causing the highest number of road accidents across the country
What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.
Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
Separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts leave six people killed and five others injured.
Low speed and slippery driving make CNG-run auto-rickshaws ideal prey for road crashes causing loss of innocent lives on the highways.
We cannot agree entirely with the view that road accidents and the resultant deaths do not elicit enough public reaction.
The traffic authorities must play a more active role in identifying and holding accountable reckless driving, speeding and unfit and overloaded vehicles.
A number of people are being killed and maimed almost every day in road accidents both in the cities as well as in the highways across Bangladesh.
