Traffic Department »: The sudden deviation of the most important causes of traffic accidents: 12“ unaffected ”cars were seized in Ajman last week

The Director of Traffic and Patrols Department in the Emirate of Ajman, Colonel Ali Hamid Al-Mussaybi, revealed 12 seizures last week, after the administration received messages that reached it through the application (WhatsApp) during the rainstorm, and its patrols immediately moved to the sites, and caught the violators of the law ». Al-Musaibi stressed that "the administration applies the law firmly to its violators, because they put their safety or the safety of others at risk." He also announced that the statistics and numbers of the Traffic and Patrols Administration indicate that the highest percentage of young accident perpetrators is in the age group between 18 and 35 years. He said that «the highest percentage of accidents occurs due to sudden deviation, and that comes recklessness and recklessness, excessive speed, and cutting red signals, as well as using the phone while driving», adding that «Gulf Traffic Week, which came under the title (Your decision determines your destiny), sheds light On these problems. ” Al-Musaibi pointed out that there are four annual campaigns, each campaign lasting three months, focusing on the most important traffic issues in order to address traffic problems, leading to the elimination of accident deaths by the year 2021. And that the Traffic and Patrols Department focuses on the so-called "hot spots" These are areas where accidents are high, but they differ according to the circumstances, and in which accidents increase, pointing to the existence of a strategic partnership with the Municipality and Planning Department in the Emirate of Ajman, It is making road and street safety improvements by constructing new roads or repairing existing roads, and setting the necessary traffic lights. Al-Musaibi added, “We managed to reduce the death rate to 18% last year, after reaching 24% in 2014, a challenge that we want to maintain until we reach our final goal, which is that the rate of accidents be zero during the next five years.” He revealed the existence of plans to establish pedestrian bridges in a number of regions in the emirate, including the extension of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street with the Al-Jarf area to address the problem of runaway accidents, which most of them are exposed to due to the wrong crossing, considering that the issue of the wrong crossing is a culture of some nationalities, therefore « We are currently working on awareness campaigns to eliminate the problem of run over. ”