Kolkata: Kolkata traffic police have focused on two wheels during the road safety week.
East, buyaghata and Jorabagan Traffic Guards offer Crash Course to Courier and Food Delivery Boys about how to ride safely on strange hours when they tend to speed up on empty roads.
Some shipping staff who have a warehouse in Dhapa are even taken to various accident-prone zones on Em Bypass and explain why jumping fast and the path can be proven fatal.
Traffic guards Belowaghata said it included interaction with shipping agents.
“We know that they race against time.
They work under strict deadlines and often end up with FLOUTING norms.
However, we share with their incidents and related photographs that show how small mistakes can cost their lives,” said one Commissioned Officer.
In East traffic guards, Onus is on a safe track.
All of these bikers were asked to take the challenge of riding the path and those who succeeded in completing awarded awards.
Many two-wheeled riders traveled through the Seven-Point Crossing Circus Park in South Kolkata on Friday was stopped and asked to pass 80 meters and eight-inches wide as part of a small test.
“Nearly 40% of all accidents involving bikers occur due to jumping illegal paths.
Shipping boys are sometimes forced to take risks.
We try to tell them that taking risks is not feasible,” explained an officer.
Some other neighboring guards, such as South and Southeast, have promised to run awareness classes such as once a week.
“We know that they work under a tight deadlines.
But it cannot be a reason to violate the rules and put their lives at risk,” said an officer from Lalbazar.
Some traffic guards in the regions with restaurants have decided to write to companies that ask them to consider the actual road conditions before setting the deadline for shipping.
“Suppose there are more fog at night, the speed at that time was not the same as a bright night,” explained an officer.
Jorabagan traffic guards, who too, held a safe drive campaign, Get Minister of Sashi Panja and Actor Dam Paoli to emphasize how two-wheeled accidents have claimed more than a thousand lives in the city.
CP together (traffic) Santosh Pandey is also present.