RSS Developes Driving Highway codes, Manual and Curriculum
RSS Developes Driving Highway codes, Manual and Curriculum.

RSS Developes Driving Highway codes, Manual and Curriculum

Long, since the founding of Liberia, the vehicle and traffic laws of Liberia remain obsolete and a need to amend it cannot be overemphasized as well as other traffic related documents such as a National Driving curriculum. On the verge of defining a new path to develop the transport sector and to ensure safety in the driving public, the Road safety Secretariat in June 2022 completed and submitted to the Ministerial Council of the Secretariat, final drafts of the National Driving Curriculum. Highway Codes and Institutional Manual to be used in tertiary, vocational and technical institutions operating In Liberia. Consequentially, the Government of Liberia is concerned about increase in road accidents in Liberia and is doing everything through the Secretariat pillar-programs to help minimize the rate of accidents. 

The Highway Codes are directional signs or coding to help drivers on highways, while the institutional manual will help with prescribed standards, procedural guidelines for the establishment and operations of driving schools; and the driving curriculum will be used by both driving and academic institutions which will help in the reduction in road accidents. The driving curriculum was developed by an expert or consultant hired by the World Bank. It can be recalled that the Ministerial Council has endorsed the drafts for final launch. 

In an efforts to improve and cement the working relations with driving schools, the Minister of Transport, Samuel A. Wlue directed the Director of Driver License, William Gaye to hold consultative meetings with Management of Driving Schools. As a result of these meetings, the authorities of the different driving schools have organized themselves under the banner, Liberia Driving School Association (LDSA) with a leadership structure to work with the Ministry to explore other means and opportunities that have the proclivity to advance the transport sector of Liberia.  In a related development, the Secretariat in March 2021 conducted urban road safety training workshop for over 100 motorcyclists operating in Monrovia and its environs. The workshop was held at the Ministry participants also benefited from small business management skills. The workshop was sponsored by the Ministry of Transport.