{"id":1633,"date":"2018-08-03T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T11:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1633"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:03:23","slug":"aktar-sigurta-fit-toroq","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/aktar-sigurta-fit-toroq\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased safety needed on our roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1637\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2120\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1.jpg 2120w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/iStock-968554806-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2120px) 100vw, 2120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Traffic accidents on our roads\u00a0continue to increase.\u00a0Reports of people driving under the influence of alcohol, underage driving, careless and reckless driving and grave or fatal accidents keep hitting the news.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some people\u00a0do not consider road safety as an essential aspect to worry about. However, this subject is too often on the news. Suffice it to refer to the incident where a policeman was run\u00a0over in\u00a0\u0126al Luqa\u00a0and\u00a0dragged under the car for several metres by an unscrupulous youth as well as the incident of the young driver who\u00a0recently\u00a0ran over a\u00a0group of foreigners and killed a youth in\u00a0Sliema.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The egoistic, \u2018me first\u2019\u00a0attitude\u00a0has become pervasive among drivers and has become the bane of public health in our country.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What are the main causes of road accidents?\u00a0One can talk about reckless driving with excessive speed, distracted drivers, drunk drivers, use of mobiles while driving, aggressive driving, mechanical faults and road conditions.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lack of experience\u00a0and the\u00a0issuing of licences to elderly people can also be\u00a0a cause of some incidents on the road.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The increase in road accidents is also tied to\u00a0a growing population and the increasing number of vehicles on our roads.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For accidents to be avoided,\u00a0drivers need to be prudent and take care not to break driving regulations while ensuring that they drive safely.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the police have a\u00a0main role to play in encouraging good driving habits. Education campaigns are not effective if they are not backed up by heavy fines for reckless driving.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Enforcement and discipline are crucial, if nothing else to clamp down on the impertinence of some drivers. If necessary their licenses should be withdrawn and they should only be given\u00a0another opportunity to drive once they are re-educated on how to behave on the road and act\u00a0like responsible citizens.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Traffic accidents on our roads\u00a0continue to increase.\u00a0Reports of people driving under the influence of alcohol, underage driving, careless and reckless driving and grave or fatal accidents keep hitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1637,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[71],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1657,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1633\/revisions\/1657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}