The United Nations Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS together with National Police Service starts on Monday a week long Road Safety Awareness campaign to improve driving by keeping speed limits.
The campaign also promotes the role of UNMISS in contributing to road safety in compliance with South Sudanese traffic rules, the Mission said.
The statement added that the campaign ‘will take place across the country with check-points staged twice a day and manned by the South Sudan Traffic Police, the UN Military Police and UNPOL.’
A Road Safety Campaign Task Force will monitor the conduct of UN drivers by carrying out surveillance three times in the week.
Road accidents have a huge cost and negative impact on the economy of South Sudan.