{{Today marks the end of this year\u2019s week-long Community Policing (CP) campaign which started on February 11, with police officers taking to streets to interact with road users on road safety measures.}}<\/p>\n
Supt Jean Marie Vianney Ndushabandi, the Spokesperson of the Traffic and Road Safety Department, said road safety awareness campaign, which will be held across the country, will especially target motorcycle operators and drivers of public vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will interact with them, especially motorcycle operators, to be cooperative with traffic agents and to respect traffic rules in general to enforce road security,\u201d said Ndushabandi<\/p>\n
Most road traffic accidents in the country are caused motorcycles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is still a gap between police and motorcycle operators that needs to bridged to further combat accidents and ensure road safety,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Most accidents are caused by negligence, over speeding, reckless driving and mechanical faults. <\/p>\n
Road traffic accidents are ranked the third leading cause of death worldwide after malaria and HI\/AIDS.<\/p>\n
Last year, 4471 accidents were recorded countrywide. 943 of the recorded accidents were fatal, claiming 474 lives.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s road safety awareness campaign, which will be held in Nyabugogo bus terminal in Nyarugenge District, at the national level, supplements other campaigns held every year which include the \u2018Road Safety Week.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be emphasizing on the road traffic rules and regulations, especially to those with automobiles to value rights of other road users like pedestrians,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s event will be climaxed with football matches between motorcycle operators and police.<\/p>\n
In Kigali, the match will be held at Nyamirambo Regional Stadium later in the day.<\/p>\n
RNP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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