Natalio Mema, Minister of Government of the province of Mendoza, participated in a meeting with the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) and in it it was agreed to work together on prevention and control by accidents that happen on national and provincial routes located in Mendoza. An agreement was signed so that ANSV agents can carry out infringement reports in the province.
“The National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) and the Ministry of Government, together with the Mendoza Road Safety Executive Unit (UESV), signed an assistance and collaboration agreement for the implementation of prevention, control and inspection actions regarding road safety,” they confirmed from the Government this Wednesday.
The national government reported that: “The agreement aims to revalue and prioritize the task of the agents that make up the organization and who work every day to reduce road accidents in the 39 operational control and inspection bases that the ANSV has.” .
“The goal is to reduce the rate of accident rate throughout the provincial territory and will be extended especially to provincial and national routes,” they highlighted in the province. It was also known that controls will be increased on all routes in the province and that the National Road Safety Agency will provide the necessary material.
In Mendoza territory, the national organization has operational bases in the cities of Mendoza, Santa Rosa and Tunuyán.
These are: breathalyzers and other tools for operations in the province. The Government of Mendoza will coordinate training on the subject for traffic agents and other operators who have some connection with road safety and control, also intended for municipalities.
“All this work is in addition to what the Executive Unit has already been doing in terms of awareness, mainly in the primary educational field, which will soon be added to the secondary schools of the province,” they expanded from the province.
For its part, the Undersecretariat of Transportation and the Provincial Mobility Entity. (EMOP) will join in actions that include road safety, such as transportation planning and control, adding their technical teams.
On the other hand, the need to update and adapt both national and provincial regulations was analyzed, in order to reduce the number and severity of road accidents.
Accidents in Mendoza
Every weekend, in Mendoza, multiple accidents occur on national and provincial routes. The situation is a problem that is increasing in each Argentine city. In particular, cases of accidents are detected with drunks behind the wheel who end up colliding with a third party or crashing alone against a tree or light pole and leaving them in serious health or even dying, as happened last Friday in Rodeo del Medio.
There are also accidents without alcohol levels that result in serious accidents every day on the streets of the province and on the main routes: South Access, North Access and East Access, also including the Western Corridor although the latter artery to a lesser extent.
According to specialists, the main reason for accidents (which do not include a positive blood alcohol level) is the poor condition of the brakes of the vehicles involved in the crashes.
