There is no more unjust and irrational death than death in a road collision, said today the Minister of Communications and Works and President of the Road Safety Council Efthymios Flourentzos, at a ceremony for the World Day of Remembrance of Road Victims held in Liopetri… «I truly believe that there is no more unjust and irrational death than death in a road collision", He stated. He added that "It is honestly unthinkable for young people to leave their lives on the tarmac in moments of fun, for family heads to be killed during the day, for young children to go out before they even taste life». «And all this for a recklessness, a mistake, a madness of the moment ", he said, adding that" only the province of Famagusta mourned 36 dead in the streets in the last five years, and four of them were from Liopetri ". I point out, he added, "that three of them were young drivers».
The Minister also reminded that on May 11, 2011 Cyprus, like more than 100 other countries, announced the start of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 at the Presidential Palace, through the President of the Republic Dimitris Christofias.
«In his speech, the President of the Republic set the goals of Cyprus for road safety over the next decade and called on all relevant government agencies to put actions to reduce road accident victims at the top of their priorities.", he said.
Mr. Florentzos stated that "The new Strategic Road Safety Plan of Cyprus for the decade until 2020 is already being prepared, which will be implemented from 2012».
«The motto for this year's World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims is: 'From the global memory of the victims, to the global action for the decade. Let's make the decade 2011-2020 a decade we will remember '", He added.
I am sure, finally stressed that "all together, state and Cypriot society, united in this great effort, we will be able to bring in the decade 2011-2020 the end of the great plague of deaths in road collisions».
Source: KYPE