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SINGAPORE: Three vulnerable groups of road users are the focus
of the Traffic Police’s road safety campaign this year.
They are motorcyclists, elderly pedestrians and foreign
cyclists. They made up over half the 214 people killed in road
accidents last year.
In the first quarter of this year, 53 people died from road
accidents, about half of them were motorcyclists and pillion
riders. Four were elderly pedestrians and three were
non—Singaporean cyclists.
During the campaign, there will be exhibitions on road safety,
workshops and programmes reminding the public to "Look Out. Stay
Safe".
Launching the campaign, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, Senior
Minister of State for Home Affairs and Law, said: "All of us who
drive and ride on the roads, (we must) look out for these
vulnerable groups — the motorcyclists, the pedal cyclists and
pedestrians, particularly elderly pedestrians."
Motorists must also remind themselves to always look for ways to
improve their driving behaviour, he said. — CNA/ir