Ajman Police increases road security by implementing a safe road transit campaign

The Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police General Command implemented the awareness campaign "Safe Road Transit" which targets drivers and pedestrians on the road to make them aware of the importance of safe road transit, to preserve their safety and avoid their runaway accidents, in fulfillment of the Ministry of Interior's strategy to make the roads safer.
His Excellency Lt. Col. Saif Abdullah Al Falasi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police, said that the campaign started on the third of November for a period of three weeks, in order to Ajman Police to enhance the security of road users from dangers, especially pedestrians, and to ensure their safety, and reduce runaway accidents resulting from wrong pedestrian behaviors crossing the road Of the places not allocated to them, the campaign came within the traffic awareness plan of the Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police.
His Excellency added that the campaign includes various activities and awareness-raising in several languages ​​to enhance commitment to the traffic light during cutting the road from the designated pedestrian line, and the use of crossing bridges on main roads, to avoid traffic violations in accordance with the first item of Article 89 of the Federal Traffic Law that pedestrians do not adhere to traffic lights, and the item The second is pedestrian crossing of the road other than the places designated for their "if any" crossing, which is 400 dirhams.
The campaign also targets motorists to make them aware of the importance of adhering to 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 From the Federal Traffic Law not to give priority to pedestrians in the places designated for their transit, the value of which is 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.