SHAHAB Hack, a businessman of Georgetown and a staunch Road Safety advocate, has donated in excess of 12 traffic wands and 15 reflector vests to Regional Police Division Four (B) (Eccles-Moblissa) on Thursday.

Receiving on behalf of the division was Commander, Senior Superintendent, Kurleigh Simon, in the presence of his traffic officer, Assistant Superintendent, Jermaine Harper.
The commander noted that the donation from a member of civil society was timely.
Gratitude was expressed to Hack for the donation and his continued support for the police and road safety.

In an invited comment, Hack said there was an increase in fatal accidents within that district and he was motivated to assist.

“I have seen the level of enforcement being stepped up, the road madness and lawless need to stop and if drivers don’t change their behaviour they will suffer, and there is always room for improvement,” Hack said.

President David Granger recently insisted that more must be done to prevent deaths, disabilities, injuries and damage to property on Guyana’s roadways as he finds “deeply distressing” the number persons who have lost their lives in road accidents recently and in the past.

In a message to the nation on Wednesday, the Head of State noted the “insane increase in road fatalities” have been caused primarily by speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, inattentive driving and driving on roads which are congested or unsafe for other road users.

Even as the president urged road users to observe the Guyana Police Force’s (GPFs) code of behaviour – care, caution, consideration, common sense and courtesy – as they utilise the roadways, he pointed out that some of his own proposals made at the launch of Road Safety Month, on November 4, 2015. The three-point approach includes stricter enforcement of existing traffic laws; increased road safety education; and improved road signs and infrastructure.