1. Accueil
  2. Société
  3. Cameroun - Transports. State Vehicles: Gendarmes On The Lookout For Abusive Use

Cameroun - Transports. State Vehicles: Gendarmes On The Lookout For Abusive Use

Kimeng Hilton NDUKONG | Cameroon-tribune Lundi le 12 Octobre 2015 Société Imprimer Envoyer cet article à Nous suivre sur facebook Nous suivre sur twitter Revoir un Programme TV Grille des Programmes TV Où Vendre Où Danser Où Dormir au Cameroun
Last weekend’s road safety campaign on the Yaounde-Sangmelima-Ebolowa highway was also to curb over-speeding and accidents.

ADS


Following the recurrent abusive use of State property, gendarmes on road safety campaign on the Yaounde-Sangmelima-Ebolowa highway on Saturday, October 10, 2015, paid particular attention to government-owned vehicles bearing ‘CA’ number plates. Under the supervision of Col. Mbock Paul, gendarmes at the Ovangoul Checkpoint, some 30 km from Yaounde and 10 km to Mbalmayo in the Centre Region, flagged down all State vehicles.

This was to verify if the officials to whom the cars were assigned had authorisation to drive out of town on a Saturday when the vehicles were supposed to be parked. Erring officials were reprimanded while those with the right papers were allowed to continue their journeys. Using metal detectors, eagle-eyed gendarmes also frisked commercial and private vehicle passengers and luggage for any dangerous or illicit items. According to Col. Mbock Paul, most of the recurrent traffic offences in the area were over-speeding, dangerous overtaking and wrong driving at road bends. As is the practice, defaulters were made to pay fines on the spot and receipts issued to them.

Other aspects of road safety like possession of First Aid boxes, state of vehicles, etc were also checked. In order to improve efficiency at night, the control team had a bendable floodlight pole placed at the back of a gendarmerie pick-up van. Equipped with a standby generating set, the lights are switched on at night to allow gendarmes continue to lookout for erring motorists in order to curb the rate of highway accidents.

ADS

 

ADS

ADS

Les plus récents

Liens

Rechercher un article

ADS

ADS