Call to follow traffic rules

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JAN. 6. Speakers at a Road Safety Week meeting held here on Friday stressed the need for adhering to traffic rules.

Talking about road safety, Mr. T. V. Antony, Member, State Planning Commission said the pavements were meant for the pedestrians but they were used for every purpose other than what it was meant for. It was the responsibility of every citizen to protect the pavements, he said and called for an awareness on the issue.

When the family planning programme was launched two decades ago many said it would not work well. This was proved wrong and recently the State received an award from the Centre for implementing the programme successfully.

Carelessness of drivers was the main cause for 90 per cent of the accidents in the State, said Mr. P.R. Sampath, Joint Transport Commissioner (Road Safety).

A video on road rules should be played for those who come to the Regional Transport Offices for taking their driving license, suggested Mr. V. Narayanan, Founder of INODA. The organisation had also taken up the work of painting the speed breakers in the city for the benefit of road users, he added.

The programme was organised by the Regional Transport Office South, Mr. M.K. Subramanian, secretary, AASI, Mr. C.Periasamy, president, Tamil Nadu Tourist Cab Owners Association, Mr. Lalgudi Narayanan, general secretary, Chennai Tourist Taxi Owners Association and Mr. M.P. Natarajan, RTO South were among those who participated.

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