The Emergency Operations Center (EOC), defended the effectiveness of the preventive operations that are carried out during the main holidays of the year.
The organization’s director, General Juan Manuel Mendez GarciaHe said that the civil protection work that is being done manages to maintain the average number of daily deaths between 8 and 9 people despite the large displacement that occurs in those holiday periods.
“I have seen with concern some people, including communicators who point out that the operations are not necessary or that they do not give results, but with all the mobility that there was, we only basically stayed at the average of those who die daily in the country, so the operations have their raison d’être,” said Méndez García, referring to the first phase of the operation “Awareness for Life, Christmas and New Year 2022-2023” in which there were 18 deaths from traffic accidents.
It indicates that it is particularly painful for civil protection organizations when people die, but that they make the greatest efforts so that there are no victims due to excesses.
“Unfortunately, every time a person dies, his family mourns and the country mourns, and we who work in them sacrifice our holidays, sacrifice our family and we are affected because we work to save lives, not to see people die,” expressed the director of EOC.
He emphasized the message to the population to act as prudently as possible on the weekend of New Year to avoid being counted in the statistics of the victims produced by these operatives.
“Life ends for those who do not obey the laws and regulations, and especially the call of the civil protection organizations. The year will begin for those people who are prudent and who understand that life continues beyond a celebration for the arrival of the Christmas or by the arrival of New Year“, Held.
In this sense, it reiterates the need for drivers to use seat belts, respect speed limits and traffic signs, as well as limit alcohol intake when driving and in the case of motorcycles, which is the The medium that is most frequently involved in accidents is the use of a protective helmet.
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC), announced this Friday the start of the second stage of the preventive operation “Awareness for Life, Christmas Y New Year 2022-2023″, to reduce traffic accidents and alcohol and food poisoning.
The journey begins at 2:00 in the afternoon this Friday and ends on January 1, 2023. It will deploy 44,321 people and has 197 ambulances, five vehicular stripping trucks, three helicopters, 71 vehicular rescue units, 19 mobile workshops .
During the launch of the operation, the director of Sustainable Mobility of the National Institute of Land Transit (Intrant), Alexandra Cedeño recalled that the traffic of heavy vehicles will be restricted from 6:00 p.m. this Friday until 5:00 p.m. on the morning of January 3, 2023 and that only those who transport perishable food and have permission from that institution to circulate will be exempt from the measure.
Cedeño said that Intrant personnel will be supervising the state of the public transport units that travel to the interior and that they respect the rules established for their operation and that some detours have been arranged for the area of the Santo Domingo boardwalk where massive activities will be carried out. .
On his side, the director of the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land Transportation (Digesett), Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, said that his staff will be in prevention and control work on the main roads of the country.
