Cuban News Agency

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GUANTANAMO, Cuba, Jan 25 (acn) Authorities from Cuban easternmost
Guantanamo province intensified their campaign to raise awareness among
drivers, whose reckless driving led to an increase in accidents last year.

Traffic Safety officers deliver lectures and discuss the latest Road
Safety Code on regular basis with drivers at the main bus stations, cargo
transportation entities and taxi companies.
They are also being stricter with drivers who violate the law, and whose
reckless driving endangers lives on the roads.

Statistics show that during 2011 there were 309 road accidents in this
province, where 92 people lost their lives and 412 were injured and
material losses were significant as well.

The Police Department blamed the 56 more accidents resulting in twofold
increase in the death toll onto crass violations of the Road Code carried
out by drivers, as well as by pedestrians and bicycle riders.

In statements to ACN news agency, policemen said that the most common
violations are not respecting the rights of the other drivers to pass
them, make unlawful turns and over speeding. Those three reasons caused
over 90 percent of the amount of deaths.

As part of the strategies to help palliate this scourge, the provincial TV
station Solvision broadcasted reports with statistics and interviews, when
it stressed the dangers of reckless driving to society.