{"id":47386,"date":"2023-01-16T07:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T07:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gerayo-amahoro-taxi-moto-operators-in-nyagatare-tipped-on-safer-road-usage\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T07:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T07:10:48","slug":"gerayo-amahoro-taxi-moto-operators-in-nyagatare-tipped-on-safer-road-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gerayo-amahoro-taxi-moto-operators-in-nyagatare-tipped-on-safer-road-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi-moto operators in Nyagatare tipped on safer road usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The call was made on Saturday, January 14, by the Regional Police Commander (RPC)-Eastern, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Innocent R. Kanyamihigo, while addressing about 250 taxi-moto operators from Nyagatare, at Nyagatare stadium.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of the ongoing Gerayo Amahoro road safety campaign, which aims at influencing behavioral change on road usage from abiding by law to making it a choice and ultimately road safety by culture.<\/p>\n<p>ACP Kanyamihigo reminded the motorcyclists of the dangers they face, including fatal accidents, due to their reckless behaviors on road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taxi-moto operators are among the majority victims of road accidents but also one of the major causes of accidents due to their reckless behaviors on road.<\/p>\n<p>You wake up in the morning going to work and safety on road should be the first thing on your mind in all your transport operations,&#8221; ACP Kanyamihigo told the taxi-moto operators.<\/p>\n<p>He urged them not to observe traffic rules and regulations for fear of being penalized. &#8220;Observe traffic rules and regulations because they are meant to keep you and other road users, safe. Your safety should come first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The RPC challenged them to change their mindset in whatever they do. He further urged them to fight drug trafficking and smuggling by reporting those involved.<\/p>\n<p>Drug traffickers and smugglers are mainly facilitated by motorcyclists and cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>Nyagatare vice mayor in charge of economic development, Gonzague Matsiko urged them to be partners in security through information sharing on any unlawful acts.<\/p>\n<p>The vice mayor also encouraged them to have a culture of saving and to invest in legal businesses to avoid unnecessary losses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45919 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/geray.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi-moto operators in Nyagatare District have been urged to make road safety a culture to save lives and to ensure sustainable road security.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Taxi-moto operators in Nyagatare District have been urged to make road safety a culture to save lives and to ensure sustainable road security.}<\/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":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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\/47386","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=47386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47386"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47386"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}