INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, January 6
Putting on shoes while driving vehicles has been made mandatory for motorists and two-wheeler riders across the
country.
A joint meeting of Traffic Police officials, the Department of Transport Management, transport entrepreneurs and the transport
unions today decided to make it mandatory for motorists and riders to wear shoes.
A decision to this effect has been taken as a preventive
measure to control road accidents
According to traffic police, drivers& carelessness in wearing proper footwear is one among the many reasons for increasing road
accidents.
Senior Superintendent of Police Bim Prasad Dhakal, head of Metropolitan Traffic Police, Singha Durbar, said, &Slippers often slip
away from the feet due to sweat, which can be dangerous while driving vehicles, especially while changing gears or stopping vehicles.& He
further added that the new rule was introduced in a bid to control road accidents.
Dhakal said they had formed a committee with
representatives from the traffic police and unions to implement the decision.
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