Road safety expo raises awareness

A1 road PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
A1 road PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The 360 degrees Road Safety Expo was over the weekend positioned at Game City to raise awareness on road safety in an effort to combat the road accident crisis through different stakeholders speaking on the matter.

The topic of road safety is crucial for the lives of Batswana and the initiative is in line with the purposes and goals of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011 to 2020.  A question of what is the greatest danger was posed to panellists as they argued on the subject.

The greatest danger on the road is ignorance, according to a representative from Tsela Riders, Spike Sinombe. “The other day I got into a car and drove around Gaborone, the moment I saw a cyclist I slowed down about a 100 metres before I passed the cyclist,” he narrates.

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