As part of its continuous efforts to enhance traffic safety and security and protect pedestrians on the road, the Ajman Police General Command launched an awareness campaign titled "Safe Road Transit" targeting drivers and pedestrians on the road to sensitize them to the importance of safe road transit, to preserve their safety and avoid exposure to runaway accidents, in fulfillment of the Ministry of Interior's strategy aimed at Making roads safer.
His Excellency Lt. Col. Saif Abdullah Al Falasi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police, said that the launch of the campaign from today for a period of three weeks came in the interest of Ajman police to protect the road users from dangers, especially pedestrians, and to ensure their safety, and to reduce runaway accidents resulting from wrong pedestrian behaviors crossing the road from places Not intended for them, a comprehensive awareness campaign targeting pedestrians was required to inform them of how to safely cross the road.
His Excellency added that the campaign includes awareness lectures and distribution of brochures to pedestrians on the road in both Arabic and English to educate them on how to cross the road safely, by adhering to the traffic light to cross the road from the pedestrian line assigned to them, and the use of crossing bridges on the main roads, to avoid traffic violations in accordance with the first item of Article 89 of the Federal Traffic Law for pedestrians not to be bound by traffic lights. The second item is pedestrian crossing of the road from places not designated for their "if any" crossing, and its value is 400 dirhams.
The campaign also targets motorists to make them aware of compliance with traffic and traffic laws and not to endanger the life of pedestrians, by stopping their vehicles on the pedestrian lines or pavement designated for them, and warning against cutting the red signal on pedestrian lines that threaten the life and safety of road users, to avoid violations in accordance with Article 89 of The Federal Traffic Law does not give priority to pedestrians in the places designated for their transit, which are 500 dirhams and 6 traffic points.
The Director of Traffic and Patrols Department called on the public and road users to cooperate with the police in spreading the campaign and respecting the law, stressing that the safety of road users is a shared responsibility of the driver and the road-crosser, and that Ajman police will not tolerate any negative behaviors or impulsive driving that may endanger others ’lives, wishing Safety for everyone.
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