As the year-end celebrations approach, a large-scale operation aimed at reducing rudeness and traffic accidents, which peak in the last quarter of the year, has been underway across the country since Monday, December 2, 2024. The operation, named “Sparrowhawk on our roads,” focuses on checking driving-related documents.
This major operation was officially launched today in the Abidjan region. In cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, the initiative was prepared by the General Directorate of Public Safety, with an emphasis on checking driving documents for both two- and three-wheeled vehicles, including technical inspections, insurance documents, checking for non-original tinted windows, and verifying mismatched plates.
On behalf of the National Police Chief and the Director General of Road Transport and Traffic (DGTTC), Abidjan Police Chief Oumar Sacko and his team, along with section commissioner Roger Kollo Yéo, conducted a field visit to the Abobo and Cocody municipalities.
According to the Abidjan police commissioner, this operation follows a previous 72-hour operation that identified numerous road users in Côte d’Ivoire driving without valid documents. “The natural result of these offenses is the high number of recorded traffic accidents. On average, 600 public traffic accidents are recorded weekly in Abidjan,” he said.
The Director General of Road Transport and Traffic called on road users to comply with traffic regulations. Overall, drivers interviewed appreciated the operation, stating, “It was done for our benefit and for the well-being of everyone.”
During the operation, the primary focus will be on providing information to the police and transportation hierarchy, enforcing existing traffic regulations, suppressing traffic violations, and submitting any stolen vehicles to the National Central Bureau of Interpol for international tracking.
In an update on December 2 at 11:00 AM, the Abidjan police reported 116 offenses, including 72 for lack of insurance documents, 34 for missing technical inspection certificates, and 10 for non-original tinted windows.
