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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The traffic police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State are conducting an operation to confiscate vehicles and motorbikes mounted with laser lights which they say blind other road users and cause accidents.<\/p>\n

According to statistics from the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Traffic Police Department, more than 20 traffic-related accidents resulting in four deaths, and several injuries have been recorded in January alone.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, the Director General of the Traffic Police in the state, Major General Nhial Nhial, said the ongoing operation is aimed at reducing accidents and crime caused by using laser lights. He confirmed that some motorists with laser lights were briefly apprehended and freed after their lights were verified.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work is to contain the traffic accidents and if they occur, we will detain who commits the crimes. We are informing the public through the media channels that laser lights are prohibited because their usage is not good and it can cause drivers and motorists to commit many accidents and that is why we are implementing the state governor\u2019s ban on such lights,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are warning the general public against using laser lights. Why do they decide to use them yet they affect people\u2019s vision?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people who use these materials are unknown persons who do not have identification documents and that is the reason we arrest and fine them to deter them,\u201d Gen. Nhial added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Diing Diing, a motorist in Aweil town, said that he does not use the banned lights and will advise his colleagues to follow suit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never bought a laser light because it causes accidents and I will inform my colleagues to avoid such things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For his part, Peter Diing Ngong, the Executive Director of the Wider Aid and Development Agency (WADA), a local civil society organization, welcomed the banning of laser light across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are supporting the banning of the laser lights by the traffic police because it causes more accidents on the roads,\u201d he said. \u201cWe recorded a high number of accidents, including deaths related to traffic accidents, in the state in December 2023 and January 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

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