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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 26: In order to inculcate sense of road safety and bring awareness among the road users, Traffic Jammu is celebrating Road Safety Week from January 1st, 2013. Slogan for this 24th Road Safety Week would be "Stay alive, don't drink and drive".
This was disclosed by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Traffic Jammu Range, Shakeel Ahmed Beig here today.
He said that Road Safety Week is observed all over the country in the m onth of January every year and Jammu Traffic Police has decided to celebrate the first week of January for the purpose. He said that the aim would be to inspire the people, especially road users to know the merits of road safety and causes of accidents.
Beig said that during the week breath analyzers and alco-meters would be used to carry out tests of drunken drivers to measure the alcohol content in their blood. He said that traffic awareness assumed much importance in view of the prevailing weather when the evenings are getting darker earlier.
He said that it should be realised by all drivers, motor cyclists and pedestrians that road safety is the responsibility of every members of the society.
The DIG said that during this awareness campaign different activities would be held in all districts of the Jammu Province to create the awareness among the drivers and commuters.
These activities would include road safety announcements on major signals, precautions to be adopted while plying on the roads of hilly and accident prone areas, penal discussions on radio and television, workshops for passenger drivers, seminars and rallies, besides movies highlighting the importance of road safety. |
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