Motor
Programme launched to curb road accidents
Indunil HEWAGE
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Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC Managing Director/CEO Kishu
Gomes exchanging the placard with the Sri Lanka Traffic
Police. Officials from the Colombo National Hospital were
present at the occasion. Picture by -Kavindra Perera |
"Caltex Road Safety Campaign", an islandwide mass media campaign,
conceptualized by Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC in collaboration with Sri
Lanka Traffic Police was launched on recently in a bid to make Sri Lanka
an accident free society. The road safety campaign comes under the motto
"Drive Wise and Embrace Life".
The campaign was conceptualized following its previous campaign "Clatex
Road star" which was a dedicated programme to identify and reward
responsible motorists across the country .
Speaking at the event, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC Managing
Director/CEO Kishu Gomes said , "Cehvron has mooted this initiative in
an effort to positively change reckless driving and commuting behaviours
that are increasingly prevalent in the country.
According to Sri Lanka Traffic Police sources, total number of
accidents per day in Sri Lanka amounts to 112 while total number of
fatal accidents per day is 6.
I think, this move is timely and Chevron will initiate an islandwide
mass media campaign, with the electronic and print media in coming days.
The main vehicles that cause fatal roads accidents are motor cycles,
lorries , private buses and three wheelers.
High speeding driving causes over 5500 accidents per year.
In 2010, a total number of road accidental deaths were 2630 while
this number increased to 2684 in 2011.
Perera Tyre Service reciprocates dealers
Thushan JAYASURIYA
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The 25 dealers who received the awards Managing Director
Ruwan Perera and officials from China and Dubai also in the
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A tour for dealer tour followed by a dealer award ceremony for 2012
was organized by Perera Tyre Service (Pvt) Ltd, Malabe to reciprocate
their dealers for the outstanding performance in Petlas, Toyoma, Radar,
Kenda, Pearl River, Tm/Marui tyres and tubes for 2011.
The event was held at Hotel Holiday Inn express in Beijing, China
last month.
The Perera Tyre Service was established in 1980 and then started
imports in 1994.
Today the company has over 250 dealers islandwide including North,
East as well.
A company is looking at launching Toyoma tyres from China this year
in a more organized manner.
This is the fourth dealer convention hosted by the company. Earlier
events were hosted in India, Malaysia and Dubai. The 2012 awards
ceremony would be held in Turkey.
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