Ajman Police launches campaign for pedestrian safety

Organized by the Department of Traffic and Patrols Ajman Police "pedestrian safety campaign" in order to reduce run-over accidents and enhance traffic culture for all road users.

 

During which members of the periodicals distributed campaign leaflets and brochures language (Arabic, English and Urdu) on road users from drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and direct advice and guidance to follow the traffic rules, and the penalty for violating a pedestrian crossing .. Releases included safety instructions on how to avoid pedestrian traffic accidents, and the importance of compliance with traffic rules for their own safety, was also organized lectures for students of schools Ajman Educational Zone and teach them the proper traffic rules in order to avoid run-over accidents, which may be exposed.

 

The report Shoaib Abdullah wages Director of Traffic and Patrols that this campaign aims to raise awareness of traffic for all users of the road to avoid a run-over accidents suffered by pedestrians, as well as to establish awareness of the importance of pedestrian safety between the various segments of the society and the prevention of such incidents.

 

And Lt. Col. wages that the most important main reasons Top Line to run-over accidents is the lack of commitment to road users the places allocated to the pedestrian crossing, and lack of familiarity with the rules of pedestrian crossing sound in terms of making sure vacant street from vehicles and transit of places for pedestrians in addition to excessive speed for drivers of vehicles and lack of respect for road users .

 

He added that he has been set number (56) abuse during the campaign and that the fine consequences for offenders who cross the places of others dedicated to the pedestrian crossing in accordance with Article 147 of the Law congestion Federal, which provides a pedestrian crossing the road from non-designated areas crossing (if any) of (200) AED , so call brotherhood drivers and pedestrians to abide by to stop and wait at a pedestrian crossing lines taking into account the rights of pedestrians, also appeal to everyone abide by the rules of traffic safety and compliance with regulations that ensure safety for all.