ROAD SAFETY MONTH. The Land Transportation Office commemorates Road Safety Month this May. (Photo courtesy of LTO Regional Office 1)
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) regional office here has reminded Pangasinan youths to follow traffic laws to minimize or eliminate road accidents.
Lawyer Teofilo Guadiz III, LTO-1 director, said youths are usually victims of road accidents because of their impulsive nature and need for speed.
“Based on our statistics, half of accidents involve youths with age ranging from 17 to 20 years old, and majority of these accidents are violent accidents, leading to death,” Guadiz said in an interview Wednesday after the holding of the road safety advocacy dialogue.
Guadiz thus urged the public, especially motorists, to take extra caution when driving in order to prevent accidents which could lead to death.
“Accidents could happen anytime, and these are usually caused by recklessness. Kabataan man o hindi, involved lahat dito (Youth or not, everybody is involved here),” he said.
Aside from the LTO, the event participated by some 250 youths from Pangasinan, was also co-organized by other branches of the government including the Philippine National Police and the Department of Education, among others. (PNA)
