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Roads accidents: Stakeholders unite
23 Dec 2015 at 20:19hrs | Views
With the festive season having started with the Unity Day celebrations yesterday, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) road awareness programmes are riding on a multi-stakeholders approach and arriving alive is the goal.
Road accidents traditionally rise sharply during the festive season, with most being attributed to human error.
Public transport operators have been targeted mainly this festive season with the Vehicle Inspection Department, the police and passengers all forming an important constituency fighting against road carnage.
The TSCZ says its vigorous campaigns on roads are meant to rope all who are part of the road users matrix.
"Operators have an obligation to ensure their vehicles are roadworthy and their drivers conform to regulations," said TSCZ Director Operations Research and Marketing, Mr Proctor Utete.
To ensure the safety campaign runs without any hitches, the TSCZ says everybody is a stakeholder and must find their place in the fight against road carnages.
The holiday makers travelling to various destinations across the country said they will not hesitate to candidly speak out against the flouting of road traffic regulations by drivers and their conductors.
Unlike the past festive seasons where holiday makers face serious transport challenges and even get stranded, 2015 is a different scenario all together as buses are in abundance.
A visit to the showground and Mbare Musika revealed that there were too many buses with drivers and rank marshals acknowledging the number of travellers had decreased as compared to other festive seasons.
Most of the holiday makers, who spoke to the ZBC News revealed that the fares have been increased and many have opted to stay at home.
Those who managed to travel say they will not take chances by watching in silence while drivers speed or show any irresponsible behaviour.
When compared with recent festive seasons which were marked by a blood bath on the country's roads, not many accidents have been recorded so far.
Road accidents traditionally rise sharply during the festive season, with most being attributed to human error.
Public transport operators have been targeted mainly this festive season with the Vehicle Inspection Department, the police and passengers all forming an important constituency fighting against road carnage.
The TSCZ says its vigorous campaigns on roads are meant to rope all who are part of the road users matrix.
"Operators have an obligation to ensure their vehicles are roadworthy and their drivers conform to regulations," said TSCZ Director Operations Research and Marketing, Mr Proctor Utete.
To ensure the safety campaign runs without any hitches, the TSCZ says everybody is a stakeholder and must find their place in the fight against road carnages.
Unlike the past festive seasons where holiday makers face serious transport challenges and even get stranded, 2015 is a different scenario all together as buses are in abundance.
A visit to the showground and Mbare Musika revealed that there were too many buses with drivers and rank marshals acknowledging the number of travellers had decreased as compared to other festive seasons.
Most of the holiday makers, who spoke to the ZBC News revealed that the fares have been increased and many have opted to stay at home.
Those who managed to travel say they will not take chances by watching in silence while drivers speed or show any irresponsible behaviour.
When compared with recent festive seasons which were marked by a blood bath on the country's roads, not many accidents have been recorded so far.
Source - ZBC
