NewsWhore
11-16-2009, 03:10 PM
Despite Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) citations, nearly weekly reports of victims and the publicized suffering caused by traffic accidents, the news is still bleak: 1,569 people have died in traffic accidents so far this year. This compares to 1,854 fatalities from traffic accidents in 2008.
AMET chief Rafael Oscar Bencosme Candelier and Dario Contreras Hospital director Hector Quezada joined in the commemorations of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Transport Victims. Bencosme Candelier called for drivers to respect Law 241 on Traffic Rules and Regulations. He encouraged people to heed the guidelines and campaigns that both the AMET and the National Police are implementing to prevent accidents.
The director of the country's leading trauma center, the Dario Contreras Hospital, said that most accident victims are motorcycle drivers or passengers between 22 and 46 years of age. Dr. Quezada reminded reporters of the Equation of Death: Drinking + No Helmet + Violation of Law 241 = Death.
According to reports in El Caribe, traffic accidents cost the nation more than a billion pesos a year. World Transport Victims Day, commemorated every third Sunday in November, was instituted by the United Nations in 2005.
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AMET chief Rafael Oscar Bencosme Candelier and Dario Contreras Hospital director Hector Quezada joined in the commemorations of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Transport Victims. Bencosme Candelier called for drivers to respect Law 241 on Traffic Rules and Regulations. He encouraged people to heed the guidelines and campaigns that both the AMET and the National Police are implementing to prevent accidents.
The director of the country's leading trauma center, the Dario Contreras Hospital, said that most accident victims are motorcycle drivers or passengers between 22 and 46 years of age. Dr. Quezada reminded reporters of the Equation of Death: Drinking + No Helmet + Violation of Law 241 = Death.
According to reports in El Caribe, traffic accidents cost the nation more than a billion pesos a year. World Transport Victims Day, commemorated every third Sunday in November, was instituted by the United Nations in 2005.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)