SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1988
GOVERNOR PRAISES WORK OF ROAD SAFETY PATROLS
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THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL SCHEME HAS MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION THE IMPORTANT TASK OF PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1963, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE ROAD SAFETY PATROLS, SIR DAVID SAID BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS HAD BENEFFITTED FROM THE WORK OF THE PATROL TEAMS
THROUGH THEIR ASSISTANCE AT BUSY ROAD CROSSINGS AS WELL AS THROUGH ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS.
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"THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME IS SHOWN BY THE FACT THAT MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN FROM 48 WHEN IT STARTED TO OVER 12,000 TODAY, SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT THERE WERE, AT PRESENT, OVER 200 ROAD PATROLS ACTIVE EVERYDAY HELPING PEOPLE TO LEAD SAFER LIVES.
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TURNING TO THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS, THE GOVERNOR THAT SOME 20,000 PEOPLE WERE INJURED ON OUR ROADS EACH YEAR AND THAT SOME 300 OF THESE DIED.
THIS WAS OVER TWICE THE NUMBER WHO DIED EACH YEAR FROM CRIME OF VIOLENCE, SHOWING HOW SERIOUS THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WAS ON THE COMMUNITY.
"THERE IS A HEAVY FINANCIAL
COST TOO WHICH SOCIETY HAS TO DEAR. THE AVERAGE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INJURY COSTS SOCIETY SOME $42,000, SIR DAVID SAID.
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"YET TOO MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO TREAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AS THOUGH THEY WERE AN INEVITABLE AND UNREMARKABLE PART OF DAILY LIFE," HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT PAID GREAT ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY.
"WHEN A ROAD PROJECT IS BEING PLANNED, GREAT CARE IS TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE DESIGN INCORPORATE THE LATEST SAFETY FEATURES.
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'WHEREVER POSSIBLE, FOOTBRIDGES AND WALKWAYS ARE PROVIDED ΤΟ SEGREGATE PEDESTRIANS FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
"WE ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING OUR LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT VEHICLES ON THE ROADS ARE SAFE, AND THAT THE BEHAVIOUR OF ROAD USERS IS SUITABLY REGULATED, HIE EXPLAINED.
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A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY GUTDE FOR MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, THE ROAD USERS' CODE, HAD RECENTLY BEEN PRODUCED. SO FAR, 340,000 COPIES OF THE CODE HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC.
"OUR MAIN AIM, HOWEVER, MUST BE TO IMPROVE THE BEHAVIOUR OF ROAD USERS.
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