Penalty Points: Drivers on Street Tuesday

To be heard, they took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the Champ-de-Mars in the garden of the Company. They demanded the resignation of Ben Bentipilly, Special Advisor on Road Safety Office of the Prime Minister.

After the march, Jayen Chellum, general secretary of the Consumers' Association of Mauritius and a member of FRPAP, submitted a letter to the Prime Minister's Office in which the protesters are emandent of the state to be more flexible against them in connection with the introduction of penalty points.

Transportation professionals do not exclude the possibility of strike action if their application would be dead. Note that the MP and leader of the WSF, Cehl Meeah, was present at the march ..

"We disagree with the government's way of doing," says Rafick Bahadoor, spokesman FRPAP. In a statement to the Daily Challenge, he argues that the introduction of penalty points only will not reduce the number of road accidents. It insists that other measures should also parallel with improvement of road infrastructure. Rafick Bahadoor cites the example of France, where he says there is a plan that includes the construction of roads or expand appropriate ways to improve traffic flow.

"Our roads are very old and the vehicles that circulate today are much larger and heavier. Besides the fleet is constantly growing. In addition, the same type of bitumen is used everywhere, while speed limits vary. Our roads do not meet international standards. Without improving road infrastructure, the penalty points will not help, "he advance.