THE Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is urging all vehicles transporting timber products such as logs, to desist from doing so after 18:00hrs along the public roadways.
The warning was issued as part of an ongoing collaboration between the GFC and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to ensure the roads are accident free.
The GFC said that all vehicles transporting forest produce must carry reflectors, and they must be positioned in such a way that they are clearly visible from a distance to road users travelling behind such vehicles.

It was noted, too, that reflector cones must be carried permanently on such vehicles and they are to be properly used when the trucks have to be unavoidably parked on the public roadways.

There have been a number of vehicular accidents in recent years, mainly along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, some of which ended tragically after heavy laden log trucks collided with smaller passenger vehicles. In some cases the heavy trucks being parked without reflectors along the highway were attributed to such accidents.