Road safety: Fines and awareness campaigns are not mutually exclusive

There is nothing mutually exclusive between imposing punitive financial measures to provide negative motivation against bad driver behavior and building motorists’ safety consciousness through constant awareness campaigns. The two are in fact most effective when implemented in tandem.
A police officer issues a ticket to a motorist who was speaking on phone while driving recently.  File photo.
A police officer issues a ticket to a motorist who was speaking on phone while driving recently. File photo.
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