The Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) recorded more than 700 vehicle accidents from 2015 to June last year. The accidents have claimed 86 precious lives.
RSTA says most of the accidents were caused by drink driving and reckless driving. In an effort to bring down the number of road crashes, the RSTA officials from Gelegphu, Tsirang and Dagana came together to conduct road inspections.
They began on Monday from Tsirang. Over 300 vehicles were checked and some 15 drivers were fined, some for drink driving and others for unlicensed driving and carrying excess people.
Over the five day programme, the officials also educated the drivers on road safety rules and regulations.
The team will carry such inspections every month in the districts that fall under the jurisdiction of the RSTA Gelegphu Regional Office.
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