SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1989
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TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS INCREASE
OVERALL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST VARIOUS TRAFFIC OFFENCES SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 8.6 PER CENT LAST YEAR WHEN COMPARED WITH 1987.
NUMBER
ANNOUNCING THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FIGURES POR 1988, A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE TOTAL
OF PROSECUTIONS ROSE FROM 1,307,930 IN 1987 TO 1,420,027 IN 1988.
"AMONG THE PROSECUTIONS, FIXED PENALTY (MOVING) OFFENCES
BY 11.5 INCREASED FROM 432,519
PER CENT TO
WHILE 482,348
FIXED 733,719 BY PENALTY (PARKING) OFFENCES ROSE FROM
13.9 PER CENT ΤΟ CONSIDERABLE INCREASES 835,611," THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE THE INCREASING NUMBER REFLECTED
OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADS.
OF
DISCLOSED ON THE DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN
SUSPENDED DURING 1988, SOME THAT A TOTAL OF 3,617 DRIVERS WERE THEM FOR A SECOND TIME.
"THERE ARE ALSO SOME 28.661 DRIVERS WHO OR MORE PENALTY POINTS, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OVER 1987," HE ADDED.
NOTING THAT
NUMBER THE
HAVE
ACCUMULATED 10 OF 73.5 PER CENT
OF PROSECUTIONS FOR GOODS VEHICLE PER CENT
27,558, TO
THE OVERLOADING ROSE BY 14.7
SPOKESMAN SAID OFFENCE CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE :"THERE IS MUCH EVIDENCE THAT THIS ROAD SURFACES AS WELL AS BEING A DANGER TO OTHER ROAD USERS.
ΤΟ
ARRESTS DROPPED
OF
DURING LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF SUMMONSES AND FROM 138,396 AND 3,296 TO 98,853 AND 3,215, INDICATING A DECREASE 28.6 AND 2.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OPFENDING PEDESTRIANS
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE SUMMONSES WAS MAINLY DUE TO A POLICY OF GIVING VERBAL WARNINGS INSTEAD OF SUMMONSES.
REFERRING TO ANOTHER
DECREASE IN THE
+
NUMBER OF SEAT BELT THE
OF THIS
PROSECUTIONS WHICH DROPPED FROM 13 170 BY 30.6 PER CENT TO 9,136
REPRESENTED SPOKESMAN SAID THAT
A IT
ACCEPTANCE GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUT LON BY THE MOTORING PUBLIC.
MORE SAFETY COURSES IN THE PIPELINE
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DEPARTMENT VARIOUS
THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OF THE LABOUR
FOR EMPLOYEES IN
OPERATES ONGOING SAFETY TRAINING INDUSTRIES.
COURSES
IDENTIFY UNSAFE THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE
THESE COURSES ARE AIMED AT ENABLING WORKERS TO WORKING CONDITIONS IN THEIR WORKPLACE AND EQUIP IN TACKLING SAFETY PROBLEMS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
/HE POINTED