{"id":42191,"date":"2020-10-28T07:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/police-urges-public-to-be-vigilant-during-this-rainy-season\/"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:08:24","slug":"police-urges-public-to-be-vigilant-during-this-rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-urges-public-to-be-vigilant-during-this-rainy-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Police urges public to be vigilant during this rainy season"},"content":{"rendered":"

RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera, said that some people become victims due to \u201clack of compliance\u201d to weather and disaster advisories or trying to force their way through flooded areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvoid driving or passing through floods, adhere to the Police instructions especially in areas affected by floods, follow any issued advisories, either issued by Rwanda Meteorology Agency or Rwanda National Police. Forcing your way through these floods can be fatal like we have witnessed in the past,\u201d CP Kabera said.<\/p>\n

He further advised motorists against using some routes, which are impassable due to life-threatening floods and roads blocked by trees. <\/p>\n

CP Kabera advised the public to always heed the weather warning and Police instructions and \u201cavoid areas with potential danger during heavy rains.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesperson further advised people against using bridges as shelter, to prevent being washed away by floods and struck by lightning.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake shelter in safer places but not under bridges, water channels or trees. Don\u2019t be a bystander; your call could save someone\u2019s life. Don\u2019t undermine floods; find safer places when floods start entering your house especially when it\u2019s raining heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n

CP Kabera also called for timely information sharing on disasters like floods, landslides, trees falling in middle of the road and other places where it affects movement or posing threat to people\u2019s lives, for quick response.<\/p>\n

For disaster response, the public are urged to always call 112 (emergency), 111 (Fire and Rescue Brigade), 113 (traffic accidents), 110 (Marine security), 0788380953, 0788311224 and 0788311155.<\/p>\n

{{Road safety tips for motorists}}<\/p>\n

The rainy season is here. Whereas this is a good sign to some people like farmers, it can be a hazard for motorists if no precaution is taken.<\/p>\n

It is always advisable to take extra caution when it is raining or after it has rained. Besides dealing with heavy downpour, drivers also have to contend with likely strong winds, which call for one to exercise caution when driving in such weather.<\/p>\n

In case you are driving or riding in the rain, it would be safer to anticipate how to deal with wet roads as well as poor visibility that characterize such weather; as usual your car should be in good condition with head and tail lights, brakes, turn signals, and windshield wipers working. Ensure that tyres are in good shape and properly inflated to contend with the slip.<\/p>\n

Turn headlights on when it\u2019s raining to challenge the low visibility and fog, and to signal the equally affected motorists coming from behind and those from the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

As usual, drive in your lane, go slow, give each driver space, don\u2019t enter flooded roads, stay alert and pull-over where necessary; exercise extra caution when overtaking because heavy rains and fog can affect your visibility.<\/p>\n

When driving under such weather conditions, you don\u2019t have to move at 40km\/hr or 60km\/hr just because the traffic signpost grants that speed; it comes back to your individual responsibility to set your rules below the set maximum speed as the weather dictates. Be a responsible driver or rider and always take safer decisions when on road.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda National Police (RNP) urges the general public to be vigilant and respect weather advisories to prevent falling victim of disasters, especially in this rainy period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-42191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42191"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=42191"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=42191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}