Speed enforcement training supported by radar technology is being given to traffic control personnel. **** (T/M/B May 13/2016):- Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority in collaboration with Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety to provide theoretical and practical training on speed law enforcement supported by radar technology to newly assigned traffic control personnel. It has started. Since driving above the speed limit is the primary cause of traffic collisions, strengthening the control work can reduce traffic collisions by more than 50 percent, the Director of Traffic Control and Incident Management Directorate of the Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority, Ato Ayaleu Etisa, said while opening the training. The aim of the training is to show the use of the tools used to enforce the speed limit law, to make the trainees use the tools to do speed control work supported by technology and to show the caution they have to do while performing the task, said Tolosa Gemeda, law enforcement coordinator of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety Addis Ababa. During the training process, global road safety trends, road safety focus in Ethiopia, national road safety strategy, the problem of driving over the speed limit and speed law enforcement methods are the main topics of the training and they were given extensive explanations. The training is provided by Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority Traffic Control and Event Management Directorate Traffic Control Team Leader Mr. Dereje Worqu and Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety Addis Ababa Law Enforcement Coordinator Mr. Tolosa Gemeda. The training is based on theory and practice for two days.
