UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to bring drivers under a dope testing system to know whether they use drugs.
“We need to know whether those who’re driving [vehicles] use drugs. They need to undergo dope tests. This test of every driver is absolutely essential. You’ve to do that,” she said while addressing a discussion through a videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban.
The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry arranged the virtual event at the auditorium of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on the occasion of the National Road Safety Day 2020.
The Prime Minister asked people not to take laws in their own hands and discard their mentality to assault drivers and attack vehicles in the case of any accident for saving victims as it invites further accidents in many cases.
She suggested that pedestrians should use zebra crossings. “Everyone must follow traffic rules as those are effective for everyone.”
Sheikh Hasina asked drivers to shun the mentality to overtake another vehicle on roads and highways as it causes accidents in many cases.
Pointing at pedestrians, the Prime Minister said there is a serious lack of awareness over traffic rules. Some pedestrians cross roads just raising their hands before running vehicles, not considering that it takes time to stop a vehicle even if the driver uses the brake. People will have to be aware about it,” she said.
“It’s not just the drivers who should be blamed. Our pedestrians also need to be aware. There’s a great lack of awareness,” Hasina said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to bring drivers under a dope testing system to know whether they use drugs.
“We need to know whether those who’re driving [vehicles] use drugs. They need to undergo dope tests. This test of every driver is absolutely essential. You’ve to do that,” she said while addressing a discussion through a videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban.
The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry arranged the virtual event at the auditorium of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on the occasion of the National Road Safety Day 2020.
The Prime Minister asked people not to take laws in their own hands and discard their mentality to assault drivers and attack vehicles in the case of any accident for saving victims as it invites further accidents in many cases.
She suggested that pedestrians should use zebra crossings. “Everyone must follow traffic rules as those are effective for everyone.”
Sheikh Hasina asked drivers to shun the mentality to overtake another vehicle on roads and highways as it causes accidents in many cases.
Pointing at pedestrians, the Prime Minister said there is a serious lack of awareness over traffic rules. Some pedestrians cross roads just raising their hands before running vehicles, not considering that it takes time to stop a vehicle even if the driver uses the brake. People will have to be aware about it,” she said.
“It’s not just the drivers who should be blamed. Our pedestrians also need to be aware. There’s a great lack of awareness,” Hasina said.
