ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) arranged a workshop at the Women Welfare Development Division (WWDD) in G7 to give road safety tips to women and inculcate better awareness among them about traffic rules. About more than 100 women attended the workshop where Traffic SP Ilyas Hashmi spoke about community policing techniques of ITP and efforts of the force in ensuring safe road environment in the city. In the concluding ceremony, he spoke about the special measures that were taken to curb various traffic violations in the city and also informed about traffic rules and regulations. He added that women can play an important role in educating the future generation about traffic rules and hoped that this workshop would be greatly beneficial for them. Hashmi said that the educational teams of ITP visit various organisations, as this exercise is helpful in providing a disciplined traffic system to the masses. About the performance of the ITP, he said that the ITP personnel have not only helped to establish a disciplined traffic system in the capital but also reduced the ratio of accidents. The educational team briefed the participants about the history of the ITP, the targets given to the force and its achievements, safety measures for pedestrians, road-crossing code, causes of accidents and how to protect one’s self, defensive driving and its requirements, practices to prevent risky situations on road, planning for a long journey, positioning car or lane discipline, right of way on junctions and road markings, safe overtaking, traffic sign boards, traffic light signals and the perils of using mobile phone while driving.
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