Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said today that what is sought with the controls on the roads "is the awareness of the people" and stressed that they were achieved thanks to "lower road accidents across the country."
Randazzo, who took control today which was held at the La Perla, told reporters that "we are aiming to education, control, prevention and punishment, and we can say that we have obtained encouraging results."
According to him, "the number of fatalities in road accidents fell by 18 percent nationally, while the number of road accidents" dropped by 28.9 percent, compared with the same period of 2010 ".
"The results are very good, showing that people are becoming aware and from the state decided to put this issue on the public agenda," he said.
The minister highlighted the importance of joint work being done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency with national and provincial forces, and cited figures Routes 2 and 11, going to the Atlantic Coast, where "the reduction in the number of fatalities so far this year was over 50 percent. "
The official said the work will be strengthened during 2011 "because we know that a high percentage of deaths could be avoided" and put as an example of the fatalities, 66% not wearing a seat belt.
In this line, said the five causes which produce 90% of fatalities in road accidents: speeding, alcohol in blood, no helmet or seat belt and cell phone use while driving.
Randazzo said that "the idea that the state is present is not more or less than people feel calmer" and has warned against "a repressive order" or "invasion of individual liberties," but the goal is "to preserve life."
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