--- Melinda Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Government is considering Road Safety as part of > the syllabus in schools and colleges.Wonderful.But > by the time this becomes a reality, several more > youth would have lost their lives.I cant help being > skeptical ,we need action not talk.Soon this will > be a forgotten topic unless we all write/email the > Director of Transport and the Traffic Police ,that > education in road safety is a priority. > At the monthly consumers Traffic meeting at Margao > Police Station, this month the topic of RSP(Road > Safety Patrol) in schools came up. There were > various excuses from the Traffic Police - they need > to impart training to school students.The only way > to get things done is by being persistent ,so we > shall bring up the topic again and again ,till we > get some action. > Mario responds: > Melinda, I don't blame you for being skeptical, since you are dealing face-to-face with some of the very people who contribute to the problem, but please don't give up. > You are heroically tackling an age old problem rooted in a tradition of official carelessness and a woeful lack of civic sense among average citizens, so every baby step has huge positive implications for the long term. > This development shows that the efforts of people like you, Valmiki and Chandrasekharan are beginning to bear fruit. Good job. > Remember Mother Theresa's answer when a reporter asked her how she does not get overwhelmed by the problems she faces every day. She said that if she obsessed about the whole problem she would get nothing done. She said she focuses on each person in front of her and tries to make a difference in that person's life at that point in time, before going on to the next. That way, she has made some headway by the end of each day. > Please send us the name, title and email address of anyone you want us to contact. I am confident that all of Goanet, local and diaspora, will support you on this, since it is our fellow Goans whose lives are at stake here, if not our own and that of our families when we are visiting Goa. > Let's send an avalanche of emails to the Director of Transport and the Traffic Police. >
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