Road safety promoters gear for action
Friday, July 13, 2007
It has become customary for these organisations to mount strategic roadblocks among other measures to ensure safety on Botswana's roads. Admittedly, such measures have resulted in marked and laudable reduction in road accidents and casualties.
The head of the traffic police, Bruno Paledi said they have mounted educational roadblocks at various points throughout the country. He added that his branch had started with spreading road safety messages to the public. Paledi decried drunken driving as the most serious problem on the roads.
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