Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) imparted education about traffic rules to 204,929 citizens through its road safety programs and campaigns in the city from time to time during the ongoing year.
Various education teams of ITP visited educational institutions and delivered lectures to students while government and private organizations were also visited to create awareness among the officials about road safety. A total of 783 awareness activities were arranged in the city while classes were arranged at ITP headquarters for road safety tips to driving learners and violators coming there clear their fine tickets, said a press release issued here on Tuesday.
ITP, during the ongoing year, also provided help to 35,584 road users for their safe arrival to their destination after traffic related issues with them including vehicles' breakdown or running out of fuel.
People were educated about safe road environment while pamphlets about road safety were distributed among thousands of citizens and students. Likewise, thousands of motorbikes were repaired free of cost and they were sensitized about use of helmets and traffic rules during these campaigns.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Farrukh Rasheed has appealed the citizens to follow traffic rules, take care of other rights on roads, avoid over-speeding, rash driving, red signal violation, use of mobile phone during drive.
The SSP said that only way to maintain traffic discipline and overcome road accidents is to create awareness about traffic laws. He urged all the citizens to help traffic police in maintaining safe road environment in Capital and make Islamabad `an accident free city'.
Farrukh Rasheed said that the ITP is endeavoring best to ensure safe road environment in the city and involving community in its affairs to achieve the desired targets of disciplined traffic and equal implementation of law with zero tolerance against violation of rules.
He appealed the citizens to cooperate with traffic police and follow traffic rules in true letter and spirit. The SSP (Traffic) Farrukh Rasheed has said that police is a service oriented organization and every possible help would be made to ensure community policing through assistance to road users by ITP.-PR