TT safety campaign calls for respect of the roads

Publication Date: Tue, 14 May 2013  08:45


Motorists are being urged to “Respect Our Roads” as the countdown to TT starts.

The Department of Infrastructure and the police have launched a new safety campaign targeting both residents and visitors.

Traditionally over the TT period there's an increase in the number of collisions - many of them fatal - due to an increase of traffic on the roads.

In previous years campaigns have focused on the aftermath of an incident – this year’s highlights the number of people who use the roads on a daily basis and whose lives could be changed in the event of an incident.

Chief Constable Gary Roberts responded to claims that serious accidents during the period are an inevitability:

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