ITP organizes 2,567 road safety workshops during ongoing year.

ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) is striving to ensure traffic discipline and minimize violation of rules through educating road users and arranged 2,567 road safety workshops during the ongoing year.

The traffic workshops were arranged for driving license applicants, volunteers, students of educational institutions and staff of government and non-government organizations. In a bid to educate motorists on the correct traffic procedures, SSP (Traffic) Syed Mustafa Tanveer said that ITP is arranging such workshops and creating awareness amongst people about consequences of traffic rules violations, including over speeding, one-wheeling, inappropriate number plates, juvenile driving, lane-line discipline, zebra crossing, the use of helmets and so on, said a news release on Saturday.

He said the effort is meant to infuse traffic discipline, which will help protect the lives and property of road users. The SSP (Traffic) said road safety workshops were being arranged in government and private organizations, including educational institutions, to sensitize road users about various traffic rules. The awareness campaign for the safety of road users is in full swing, he added.

In this regard, special teams have been constituted to teach road users how to ensure their safety before traveling on roads...