A Correspondent:
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday stressed the need for strictly
maintaining the traffic rules to maintain order on the road and check road accidents.
“To maintain order on the roads and prevent road crashes, everyone should strictly follow traffic rules,” he said.
He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the two-day workshop held at the InterContinental Hotel here.
The DMP Commissioner said that many road users do not follow traffic rules.
To prevent road crashes, he directed the police members to strictly implement the existing laws, including speed limits, on the roads.
“Most road crashes in Dhaka city occur between midnight and morning when the roads are rela-tively empty,” he said.
Sazzat also said that training is essential to enhance the skills of the police members.
The DMP Commissioner suggested involving traffic police in the investigation of the road acci-dents rather the cops of the police stations to ensure proper investigation.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) — an international network committed to reducing road crashes, deaths and injuries — conducted the two-day workshop that ended yesterday.
The first day of the two-day workshop focused on ‘Road Policing Leadership’ and the second day on ‘Speed as a Risk Factor in Road Crashes’. As many as 60 police officers participated in the workshop.
