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| Sunday, 23 October 2005 |
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Road accidents no. 1 killer by Jayamapthy Jayasinghe Road accidents have taken a devastating toll where 1718 people have died so far in 2005 when compared to 1537 persons who died in 2004. But as far as murder and robbery statistics were concerned it had gone down by 21 per cent, said the IGP Chandra Fernando, addressing members of the Society for Prevention of Accidents. He said what worries them was the loss of lives and injury to persons. On the contrary police detections of motor offences have increased. Some drastic measures have to be taken with regard to fatal accidents. It was the bus drivers and three wheeler drivers that cause accidents. There were several warrants issued by courts against drivers who could not be traced. Referring to drunken driving on highways the IGP said there was a sharp drop in numbers owing to strict enforcement. However many fatal accidents occur in rural areas owing to excessive speeding. Public co-operation was necessary to bring down the number of accidents. The public should learn to protest when a bus is speeding due to risk involved. They should be educated on such matters. The IGP said the Public should make use of the hot line 119 when errant bus drivers and taxi drivers are speeding. Where buses were concerned, time schedules have to be introduced to reduce excessive speeding. Director Traffic Headquarters SSP Lucky Peiris said the number of people
who died in accidents have increased tremendously. The Society for
Prevention of Accidents was represented by its Chairman T. Perimpanayagam,
Secretary G. Ramanayake, Raja Selvaduari, U. Jayantha de Silva, Edward
Ahangama and Indika Jinasena. |
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