Police launch ‘Respect the Road’ campaign, Benn wants `300 clamps’

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn (third from left), Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken (centre), Traffic Chief, Dennis Stephen (right), Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum (second from right) among others at the road safety campaign launch at the Police Officer’s Mess Annex, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

The Guyana Police Force on Monday launched its ‘Respect the Road’ (Slow Down, Drive Cautiously), campaign and Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said he wanted those obstructing traffic to be clamped.

The campaign was launched at the Police Officer’s Mess Annex, Eve Leary and is expected to be a collaboration with the National Road Safety Council, Impressions Inc., and other agencies. The ‘Respect the Road’ campaign forms part of President Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana Initiative and will seek to educate the populace at all levels on road safety, a release from the police force said.

Benn, at the launch made reference to the lawlessness on the roadways, particularly as it relates to parking and obstruction of traffic in Georgetown.