Ensuring road safety

World Bank Statistics have reported an annual 85.6 fatalities from road accidents per 10,000 vehicles in Bangladesh, with 40 percent of the main roads in poor conditions. What are we doing to solve this? 

We must raise public awareness by arranging social campaigns and programmes throughout the year. Mobile courts should be more active in detecting faulty vehicles and seizing fake driving licenses. We need more cautionary signs on roads. National highways should be constructed and carefully maintained, and roads in poor conditions need to be fixed immediately. 

The traffic police department has a crucial role to play in penalising reckless driving, and unstable or overloaded vehicles. Owners of motor vehicles should ensure that employed drivers have authentic licenses, are properly trained, and drive responsibly. Road safety education to pedestrians, especially children, within the communities by community leaders is also a good way to promote road safety. 

Rabeya Ahmed
Badda