1 December

DEATH  and  injury  rates  in  road accidents have increased because people are not wear-ing  seat  belts,  said  U  San  Yu,  director of the Road Transport Administration  Department  (RTAD), Sagaing Region. 

“People should know that the death rates have increased because they are not using seat belts. So, they should wear seat belts wherever they go. We are not looking at the interest of our department.  We  would  like  to  urge  the  people  to  wear  seat  belts for their own safety,” he added.

According  to  official  sta-tistics  recorded  in  2018,  1,214  people  were  killed  and  6,276  others  injured  in  road  acci-dents in Myanmar because of non-use of seat belts.  “According to the minutes of the fifth national vehicle and road  safety  council  meeting,  which was held on 8 April 2019, there are plans to launch a vid-eo clip campaign on board pas-senger  buses  to  raise  aware-ness about wearing seat belts,” said U San Yu. For the safety of passengers,  the  traffic  police  are checking vehicles and con-ducting an awareness drive in Monywa Township.—Myo Win Tun (Monywa) 
(Translated by Hay Mar)