Ajman police set up 1652 violators who crossed the road from places other than those allocated to them, and the violation of 400 dirhams

As part of its continuous efforts to achieve the Ministry of Interior's strategic objective of making roads safer, and as a result of increasing accidents caused by the wrong route, the Ajman Police General Command has organized a traffic campaign to control those who cross the road. Deputy Commander of Traffic and Patrol Department of Ajman police, Lieutenant Colonel Saif Abdullah Al Falasi said that the implementation of this campaign was the result of the high number of accidents caused by the lack of commitment of pedestrians to cut the road from the places allocated to them, whether through pedestrian lines or lack of commitment to use pedestrian bridges dedicated to the road. The Deputy Director of Traffic and Patrols Department said that the campaign resulted in the seizure of 1652 traffic violations to cut off the road without pedestrian crossing points during the period from 27/06/2017 to 13/07/2017. The results of the analysis showed that the majority of violators are of Asian and African nationalities, It also turned out that Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Street was one of the most common streets where roadblocks were committed except for pedestrian crossing points. HE Lieutenant Colonel Saif Abdulla Al Falasi confirmed that as a result of the increasing number of accidents and irregularities of pedestrians crossing the roads from the designated places, the value of the violation was increased to 400 dirhams instead of 200 to deter the violators, in accordance with the recent amendments to the Traffic and Traffic Law, , And based on Article (89) of the list of irregularities adjusted for two violations, the first "pedestrian crossing of the road than the places allocated to them, if any," and the second non-compliance by pedestrians with a light signal "and a fine of each of 400 Dhs The pedestrian called for the need to adhere to the use of tunnels and bridges And Pedestrian patrols and compliance with traffic laws. Traffic patrols are stepping up road monitoring to monitor people crossing the street from places other than designated places, putting themselves at risk without realizing the consequences of loss of life and property.