Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Inspector-General of Police: We will go strict this time

Ops Sikap 25 campaign kicks off



KUALA LUMPUR: The 25th Ops Sikap campaign kicked off with millions of cars expected to hit the road during the long festive break.


Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar launched the campaign, which ends on Jan 30, at Persiaran Plus in Subang here yesterday.


Ismail said police had identified 97 accident-prone areas throughout the country and policemen would be stationed there.


He said the officers would do a daily analysis of the areas to see what new approaches could be used to reduce accidents.


Ismail said accidents would keep increasing if the attitude of road users did not change for the better.


“Wherever you go, the main factor that contributes to road fatalities is the drivers' attitudes.


“We have enforced the law and advocated road safety but nothing will change until the people's attitude changes as the police can't be everywhere,” he said.


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