Drivers
warned against drink-driving
By Boris
Esono in Buea
Travel agency
owners and motor park managers have been warned that serious sanctions await
bus drivers who drink and take drugs (marijuana) before driving.
The warning was dished out to
motor park managers and traveling agency owners by the divisional delegate of
land transport for Fako, Musi Peter.
He was speaking during an
evaluation meeting with transporters at his office in Limbe recently. The
meeting was aimed to reduce the high rate of accidents in the division which
has claimed more than 100 lives just in August this year.
According to the new transport
law, any driver found drunk on the steering wheel will lose his driving license
seized.
Equipment’s
to test drivers on the high way driving was given to the park managers,
traveling agency proprietors and transporters’ syndicates to use them to check
drivers before they take-off on any journey.
During the working session with
the delegate, park managers and other stakeholders in the transport sector
condemned the creation of off-licenses around travelling agencies and motor
parks. According to the stakeholders these only promote drunkenness among
drivers.
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