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NS trainees help to educate pedestrians on road safety

KOTA KINABALU: Fatalities involving pedestrians are on the rise. As such a special campaign was organised by the Road Safety Department (RSD) to send the message across, especially with the Chinese New Year break around the corner.

This time RSD had brought 104 National Service trainers and trainees, including the newly launched NS Volunteer Brigade members, to tag along on their campaigns.

RSD director Herdianshah Abdul Karim disclosed that in 2012, a total of 10 fatalities involving pedestrians were recorded and last year, the number grew to 17.

“We hope through the programme we will be able to educate pedestrians on road safety as they are those categorised to be at high risk,” he told reporters during the Road Safety Campaign in conjunction with CNY 2014.

He said the campaign was an integrated programme with relevant authorities and enforcement agencies, as well as non-governmental organisations to minimise road accidents.

“We will be expanding similar programmes in other districts,” he said.

Herdiansah also said the NS Volunteer Brigade was also part of the effort to instil the love for community activities among the NS trainees.

At the event yesterday, the campaign was carried out at three locations simultaneously, namely Wisma Dang Bandang; Padang Merdeka and Bandaran.

“We would like to educate the NS trainees, as well as the public, on the importance of road safety. We want them to be role models so they will be able to pass on the information to their family and friends, and the people,” he said.

He said the campaign had been proven to be effective, and this was evident with the reduction in the number of road accidents in the state.

“There have been positive implications, and we believe that apart from campaigning to reduce fatalities, we must also beef up awareness programmes,” he said.

Herdianshah said based on statistics, the accident rates in areas such as Kota Kinabalu, Tawau, Sandakan and Lahad Datu were higher than that recorded in the interiors of Sabah.

“But we cannot be complacent but instead carry out awareness programmes in the urban, rural and interior parts of the state,” he said.


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