Angola-Police Blitz for Accident Prevention

Angola: Traffic Police Blitz At Weekend


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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
February 4, 2007Posted to the web February 4, 2007
Luanda
Angola's National Police are carrying out a blitz from the early hours of Saturday until Tuesday in Luanda, as a measure to prevent accidents as much as possible during the celebrations of the February 4, start of the country's armed liberation struggle.
Speaking to Angop, the commander of Luanda's Traffic Police, Int. Jorge Bengui, said the blitz is to cover the urban and surrounding areas of the capital city, where most of accidents occur during national or local celebration days.
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The Special Traffic Brigade (BET) is thus operating on the national roads of Barra do Kwanza (Samba), Viana and Cacuaco.
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The Traffic Unit is in charge of Ilha de Luanda and avenues "4 de Fevereiro", "Deolinda Rodrigues", "Hoje-ya-Henda", "Samba", "Camama", "21 de Janeiro" and others.
The police are particularly concerned about unlicensed driving, flouting to road traffic rules, excessive speed, technical condition of the vehicles, adoption of preventive measures and counselling.
300 police officers have been involved in the operation, the first of its kind this year.
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