The title of the chat with the commander of the Messina traffic police, Antonio Capodicasa, arrives at the end. Almost to make sense, to summarize, a message that unites the institutional role but also of the good family father.
“When driving the machine there is no multitasking, there is the highway code.” A phrase that arrives on the warm days of the exodus and counter -exodus, when traffic on the roads and motorways increases, with the risk of distraction that grows for the holiday euphoria or evening. Here, in these days like this, La Polstrada has started an enhancement of even more permeating control services.
“Our activity – confirms the Capodicasa commander – has already started for weeks, focusing in particular on the weekend, both on the A18 and the A20. We have sought preventing those behaviors that constitute a danger to safety. First of all, the speed: next week – announces – will be entirely dedicated to speed control, as part of the Roadpol Speed campaign, with the intensification of the presence of speed measures and will increase communications and messages on the motorway panels. On the weekends, however, a coordinated and specific service is provided, with multiple patrols, for subjects who guide under the effect of alcohol or drugs “.
Prevention, before repression, however, for this reason Polstrada invites motorists to always travel safely. “Safe driving – adds the commander – which also means control on the use of telephone devices, on the use of the helmet, the wear of the tires, the general conditions of the car, the correct use of passive safety systems, or the seat belts”.
And here the traffic police commander is clear, so as to dispel doubts to motorists: «They are mandatory for passengers who occupy the front seats but also for those of the rear seats. If we have noticed an improvement on the use for the front seats, for the rear there is still a certain reluctance to use them. On this we worked so much in the prevention and then repression. Just as the seats for children are mandatory ».
The painting of the Polstrada is provincial and so also the data that is collected. And they make it clear how there is a greater awareness of the risks in those who drive a vehicle. “In recent years – explains Capodicasa – the accidents related to alcohol and drugs have decreased. And in particular the message of the “designated driver” for the evening has passed. ” A work within the ICARO project of which also the South-Gazette of the South and Giornale di Sicilia publishing company is the media partner of the traffic police for Messina, and has supported its communication and dissemination on all its channels.
Working above all with young people, even if the commander Antonio Capodicasa is a legend. «By doing the services it is perhaps easier to find a middle -aged drunk rather than a young man. The boys, in principle, understood the message and do not drive, leaving the designated on duty ».
Young people who soon begin to get behind the steering wheel also the so -called approved machines approved for minors. “It is a vehicle but the danger does not depend on age – Capedicasa recalls – there are young people who have their heads on their shoulders and those who are dangerous even with a bicycle. It always depends on the family ».
On Exodus and counter -exodus you have been working for weeks and there is already a plan ready. «We already expect special days, where we expect a greater influx of vehicles. But we are ready to raise attention and enhance the controls ».
