IN a first for Myanmar, an exhibition aimed at promoting greater compliance with traffic rules opens in Yangon this week. The decision to hold the exhibition follows concern about the high death toll from road accidents in Myanmar. The exhibition , at Yankin Centre on Saya San Road, will feature stage performances which encourage the safe use of the roads, said U Aung Myint, the director of the Road Transport Administration Department. Maps showing the location of sites where the most road accidents have occurred in Yangon during the past three years will also be on display at the five-day exhibition, which ends on November 18. Most accidents occur because of a failure to observe road laws rather than a lack of knowledge of them, U Aung Myint said. He said drivers in their thirties and forties were more likely to be involved in traffic accidents than any other age group. Human error accounted for about 95 per cent of traffic accidents, but other factors were faulty vehicles and bad road and weather conditions. The exhibition will include a display of