Fundasaun Mahein (FM) hakarak alerta no perokupa ba akontesementu kareta privadu ne’ebé uza sirine nomos halai iha estrada Dili laran hanesan los Ambulansia ho PNTL atu hetan lalais dalan no fasil los.
Akontesementu hirak ne’e sai hanesan preoukupasaun FM nian atu hetan atensaun ho seriu. Dili nudar sidade ki’ik no kareta ne’ebé barak liu la iha tan ona biban ba biskleta ho ema sira la’o ain. Siguransa iha dalan sai atensaun boot ba motorista sira tanba ho asidente ne’ebé boot kontinua akontense. Ba ema la’o ain sira iha troator sai risku boot ba sira nia vida no iha dalan sira iha sidade Dili.
Ho sinais trafiku ne’ebé at, maka regra uza estrada publiku sempre hakat liu, hanesan uza sirine ilegal ne’ebé halo siguransa iha dalan hetok aat liu no perigozu ba ema sira ne’ebé utuliza estrada ho la’o ain. Tuir lei “Codico Estrada” º Decretolein 6/2003 de 3 de Abril CÓDIGO DA ESTRADA, Artigu 21 numeiru 22/2003) bandu ba ema sivil ou viaturas privadu labele uza sirene iha sira nia kareta, tan ne’e FM husu ba PNTL transitu kopera hamutuk ho DNTT atu foti medidas forte atu hamonu sentensa ho efetivu ba ema ne’ebé viola lei refere.
PNTL & DNTT tenki foti asaun, no dala ruma hodi implementa mekanismu balun atu halo kontrolu ba lala’ok sira ne’e. Atitude ilegal ne’e tenki hapara tanba ema sivil ne’ebé uza sirene ne’e laiha treinamentu diak ne’ebé dala ruma perigozu liu bainhira sira halai kareta makas iha estrada sira iha Dili. Nune’e mos, se uza sala sirene ne’e bebeik ona maka ema barak sei hatene, no ida ne’e sei halo kondotur sira sente satisfas ba sira nia an no iha futuru ema sei la fo fatin ba viaturas sira ne’ebé halo serbisu urjente nian. Dala ruma ita hotu hotu kestiaona no preoukupa los bainhira bandidus sira mos uza sirene.
The Illegal Abuse of Sirens
Fundasaun Mahein (FM) would like to sound the alarm on a worrying new occurrence in Dili whereby civilian cars adopt emergency sirens similar to those of the PNTL and ambulances, to make way through traffic quickly and more easily.
This issue has recently come to our attention and FM feels this should be taken very seriously. Dili is a small city with a rapidly growing number of cars and bikes on our streets. Road safety is fast becoming a major concern to all motorists, with road accidents constantly on the rise. Pedestrians are also at risk with pavements being a rare sight on Dili’s roads.
With faulty traffic lights and road rules not always respected, the illegal use of sirens by civilians, makes life on the road ever more dangerous. The “Codico Estrada “Decretoleinº 6/2003 de 3 de Abril CÓDIGO DA ESTRADA, Artigo 21 no 22 (or road code 2003) bans the civilian use of sirens on cars, however FM calls on the Transit Police in cooperation with DNTT to enforce this law more effectively.
The PNTL & DNTT should take action, and perhaps implement some sort of mechanism to control this growing issue. This illegal act is dangerous as civilians with no appropriate training, drive fast on our streets. This also confuses people, as they are unsure if they are giving way to the PNTL or not. Furthermore, if people continue abusing sirens and this becomes widely known, this may result in a sense of complacency among motorists, and in the future people may not give way to real emergencies. Perhaps equally worrying, would be the use of sirens by bandits.
