Work sincerely to curb road crashes
State minister asks traffic police
State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Hoque Tuku yesterday called upon the traffic police personnel to be more sincere in monitoring overtaking and overloading of vehicles to stem the number of road accidents at a training.
He urged the policemen to be stricter in monitoring overloading, overtaking and speeding of vehicles under the existing laws.
Tuku was addressing the inaugural session of a 10-day training programme for policemen at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
The Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Buet arranged the training on "Accident event recording and reporting". Around 600 police personnel are taking part in the training.
Issues like fitness of roads and vehicles, physical and psychological condition of drivers and the stance of vehicle owners should be addressed properly to curb road accidents occurring in the country, he added.
Speaking at the same session, ARI Director Dr Shamsul Hoque said there are some catalysts behind road accidents and taking proper measures after identifying those catalysts can reduce the number of road accidents.
The only source of road accident data in Bangladesh is the report prepared by the police by filling a form after the accidents happen. Sometimes, police cannot fill the form properly and that creates inconsistency in the information, he added.
The ARI director said the training aims at filling of the accident report form properly.
Buet VC Prof AMM Safiullah said the country loses many meritorious citizens every year because of road accident alone. He stressed on proper addressing of issues that cause road accidents and creating awareness among drivers, owners and others about the consequences of accidents.
Buet Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof M Habibur Rahman and Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dhaka Range) Md Mokhlesur Rahman spoke at the programme held at an auditorium in the civil engineering building of Buet in early yesterday.
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