A month-long road safety awareness and control movement schedule has been officially launched in Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa City Traffic Management Authority Deputy General Director Amare Tarekhani mentioned that the movement is aimed at creating awareness to reduce traffic accidents in the city and strong control activities are carried out. The deputy general director mentioned that the movement will be held from January 1 to 30, 2018. He said that the month was chosen because there are many traffic accidents and various public festivals and many social events are held in January. Commander Kura Mulugeta, the representative of the Addis Ababa Police Department, said that activities that improve road use awareness among drivers and pedestrians will be provided in the media, schools and religious institutions as well as on highways. Commander Kura Mulugeta also said that there will be a strong control work to enforce road safety laws, including drunk driving and driving over the permitted speed limit. It was stated in the movement's launch ceremony that along with creating awareness in the movement, important engineering works will be carried out by identifying places where accidents have occurred in the past. By Tamru Demsey