ROAD safety remains a neglected issue during all governments, irrespective of their political identity, Professor Hasib Mohammed Ahsan, director of Accident Research Institute under Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, said Tuesday.
'The situation has become very bad and is getting worse, day by day. There is hardly any enforcement of law (on road safety),' he said in an exclusive interview with New Age.
Incompetent drivers with genuine and fake licenses, faulty vehicles and lack of maintenance of roads are also responsible for the increasing number of fatalities in road accidents, he said.
Pedestrians account for 54 per cent of the people killed in accidents, Ahsan, also a professor of civil engineering at BUET, informed.
The policymakers need to make roads safe, as
'people deserve safe roads. It is their right no matter which party is in power', he said.
They should take appropriate measures against any negligence and failures of the officials concerned, he added.
Source : New Age
