The Police Club for Sports and Shooting Ramadan Council discusses the future challenges of roads and vehicle use

Presiding over the Ajman Police Council, Allah Al Falasi, Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department, and a group of officers, non-commissioned officers, individuals and civilians in the Ajman Police.The council, which was moderated by the journalist Mohammed Al-Kaabi, hosted speakers from road and road safety experts, Colonel Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Al-Kaabi, Deputy Director General of Coordination at the Ministry of Interior, Singaporean expert Hanafi bin Mahran from the Traffic Coordination Department, and Mr. Khaled Al-Awadi, Director of the Transportation Systems Department at the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai.At the beginning of the session, the meeting discussed the challenges facing countries in enhancing traffic safety, and ways to provide appropriate solutions that enhance the security of roads and their users. For his part, Colonel Dr. Abdullah Al-Kaabi presented the most prominent statistics that indicate the country's achievement of the best rates regionally and globally in road safety. He also talked about the country's direction and strategy in mobility, infrastructure and the development of means of transportation, as well as technological development in self-driving vehicles and artificial intelligence.Mr. Khalid Al-Awadhi, Director of the Transportation Systems Department at the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, spoke about the strategy of activating self- driving means, the most important of which is traffic safety, and the strategic plans to enable self-driving vehicles on a larger scale and apply them with more effective systems. In a related context, Singaporean expert Hanafi bin Mahran spoke about the Singaporean experience and highlighted the most important challenges facing road users in Singapore, such as population density, as these challenges were solved by encouraging public transportation and walking.The meeting also discussed the new safe system on a specific approach by focusing on five axes: safe vehicle, safe road, road users, safe means of transportation, and responding to traffic accidents.At the conclusion of the council, the participants emphasized the importance of encouraging experiments, innovation and development to achieve traffic safety through the adoption of new traffic safety standards, policies and legislation to reduce traffic accidents and deaths resulting from them. In conclusion, His Excellency Brigadier General Ali Humaid Al-Musibi honored the speakers and praised their presence and active participation in enriching the Ramadan Council of the Police Sports and Shooting Club.