An evaluation discussion was held on the implementation of the 2016 fiscal year plan. Administration Traffic Management Authority held a discussion with the bodies from the center and branch offices on the performance of the road safety awareness and rule enforcement sector in the 2016 fiscal year. When the Traffic Control/Event Management and Road Safety and Capacity Building Directorates of the sector jointly presented the year's performance, Amare Tareqin, the Deputy Director General of the Authority, said that in the fiscal year, the education and awareness raising as well as the control work have achieved better results compared to the same period. Therefore, Mr. Amare said, by thanking all the parties who contributed to the success, we must start from today to cover the gaps in our working hours in the next year and include the activities that were not carried out in the plan. Director of the Directorate of Traffic Control and Event Management, Ato Ayaleu Etisa, presented his work unit's 2016 fiscal year plan to the participants. 6,012 drivers who were not wearing seat belts were fined. On the other hand, 326 motorcyclists were fined for not wearing crash protection caps/helmets and 9,683 motorists were fined according to Rule No. 395/2009 for talking on the phone, which is a 38.4% improvement compared to the same period last year, the director explained. Birhanu Kuma, director of the institute's road safety awareness capacity building directorate, said that many activities were carried out during the year, such as promoting road safety awareness through the media, publishing results, supporting regular education by carrying out road safety campaigns and providing road safety training. He added that by conducting road safety awareness research, holding symposiums and discussions, establishing clubs, monitoring the deployment of organizers and institutions; They said that they have done work to strengthen the participation of partners. Finally, the directors and team leaders from the branch offices participated in the discussions about the strengths, gaps, and problems encountered during the work.
