-poor training, impaired driving among causes, says Benn
Roughly 85% of the persons killed on the road are young men and many of them who are behind the wheel are improperly trained or impaired due to drug or alcohol use.
The startling statistic was released at the award presentation for Schools Road Safety Patrols, held on Monday at the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary, where Transport Minister Robeson Benn warned students to look out for men, who are the predominant users of the road and drivers.
“It is important for us to get to young male drivers with respect to changing the culture, their appreciation, understanding, personal responsibility and responsibility too for the person they take and transport for their own safety,
