Special motorcycle enforcement campaign ends after 15days

Lahore: On the directions of DIG Central Dr Muhammed Shafiq National Highways and Motorway Police N-Central has observed two week special motorcycle enforcement campaign on motorcyclist s violation in an effort to reduce traffic accidents.

The officers were asked to ensure effective enforcement against the violations of ‘driving without safety helmet. Mobile Education Unit of N-5 Central Zone has also been asked to brief maximum motorcyclist about road safety measure and usefulness of Safety Helmet. All the SSPs have been directed to personally monitor the campaign and send day to day progress in this regard.

In order to make the campaign more effective and meaningful banners containing road safety slogans have been displayed on all the important places on national highways and special road safety stalls have been set up at all the toll plazas. Extra officers will be on duty, patrolling areas frequented by motorcyclists and where motorcycle crashes have occurred and enforcing traffic violations by motorcyclists and motorists.

DIG N-5 Central Dr Muhammed Shafiq has instructed the patrol officers to carry on briefing and enforcement of motorcyclists as a permanent feature of their duty as motorcyclists are the most careless among all types of road users and most vulnerable to any serious accident.