Time to improve the traffic!
Traffic has been worsening by the day. The effect of this is deeply felt especially by people behind the wheel. May it be cars speeding past your vehicle with an intention to overtake or drivers who don’t turn on their indicators at a turn or drivers who go so slow that you feel they are extremely cautious! This has been quite the scenario on the roads lately.
In response to this, the government has, without doubt, put in tremendous effort to reduce distress amongst drivers by installing cameras and radars of all sizes on poles and traffic signals along the roads of Qatar.
To help the younger generation understand these problems and its root causes, a special event was held by the Gulf Driving School teamed up with the General Directorate of Traffic.
The Students for Road Safety Initiative, launched in the year 2013 by owners of Maersk Oil Qatar and General Directorate of Traffic, came up with an 8 -day campaign last week for children aged 12 – 18 years old which included in-depth training sessions for more than 150 young drivers.
One-on-one comprehensive sessions with the help of a driving simulators were conducted by specialized instructors from the Students for Road Safety Initiative.
The programme aimed at helping the students become better drivers and also revealed to participants as to how quickly road conditions could change while emphasizing on the need to always be aware.
The burden of responsibility that falls on driving instructors to teach learner drivers to protect not only their safety but those of all families in Qatar was also stressed upon. They also believe that this opportunity will instil correct driving behaviors in young drivers from the start and ultimately decrease the number of accidents in Qatar.
Well, I think that more of such campaigns and initiatives must be held in order to stimulate right and orderly driving. What do you think?
Govt should make atleast 50% private companies night shift and 50% day. so that they can reduce the traffic.
Perdian: Of course I can be reasoned with...you have said nothing that i dont already agree with...even your first post is something i agree with and those numbers you put on paper just confirm what i said about indian drivers...however, you missed the most critical point of my post; i am strictly addressing only those indians and filipinos who come on ql and complain...which lets assume is maybe 10 people out of those 545k you mentioned plus the filipino populace..i am no one to tell anyone what topic to discuss...but many other users agree with my sentiment that this qatar driving topic has been done to death and we are sick of it...but yes, i will grant you that i do have the choice to not open those posts at all and thats what i will be doing hereon...again, i am not generalizing things and its a very targeted reply to a very specific group of people on ql...no need to wonder what my brain can and cannot take...thank you...
I agree what you said mohdata, but since your generalizing things, lets get it on paper - According to Qatar Road Safety Studies Center (QRSCC) found that the total number of all types of accidents rose on average 14 percent each year between 1996 and 2013, from 44,077 to 290,829. of the Total 2.2 million pop of Qatar, 545k of those are indians, and atleast 1 out of 5 got licensed to drive. So total of 100k indians driving on the roads of Qatar, that is why estimated road accidents done by nationality, INDIANS top the list @ 73 percent! wow no surprise there! (please note, this data was 2 years back when I was doing research on statistics and planning) I am not saying here that traffic here is much worse in my country, on the contrary - traffic here is more endurable if you compare it to my home country waiting for almost 2 to 3 hours stuck in traffic. Mind u, @mohdata - for conversation sake (thinking u can be reasoned with) for me, inputs like these are necessary for productive reasoning, I do not think why u want to stop topics as such and view it immediately as NEGATIVE. comments are there to be subjected to objectivity, thus creating reason and more thought process - that leads to proactive learning. I don't know if you get all these, but then again google it if your brain can't take it.
Exactly brit, not to put anyone down but it seems the worst complainers are from india and the philippines...and honestly, im indian too and just spent six months there...im not exaggerating...i was actually using the bull bar on my car to bump people out of my way because NOTHING moves them, not high beams and not horns...the amount everyone honks there, people dont even react to horns anymore, thats how desensitised theyve become...no one moves over for a dying person in an ambulance or they simply cannot make way because the roads are jampacked with nowhere to go...so you cannot come here with your frankly appalling driving habits and culture and then whine about jams and speeding qataris...at least the qataris know how to handle their cars and speed and know where the four corners of their car are...rant over...
I don't know why, but most people forget that we have traffic congestion - sometimes much worse in our own countries....
Just get used to it and stop this topic on ql...its going to be the same at least for the next 7 years...once the WC is over, then you might hope for respite and only then...
Traffic won't be better..enjoy your Karak ;)
Keep your car off the road during 5 PM to 8 PM, only for two days between Sunday to Thursday and earn many privileges.
they should have included on that 8 day campaign drivers should NOT text/email/spam/selfie while driving, do not answer nor take calls while driving, and being alert and attentive while driving. In my 7 yrs here in qatar, I have seen a lot of this types of drivers that causes major buildup of traffic, simple because they are ignoring basic driving etiquette. And ofcourse, brit is right - but then again, I do not think enforcing stricter traffic rules and regulations will help a lot, if the mentality of the driver to simple not care and follow will not change.
got your point Brit.
For sure there would be a better traffic flow.
I think the traffic laws have to be tougher AND enforced on the spot. And that would mean 10.000 more policemen.
I would rather that the current laws were strictly enforced for one and all. I bet you will see better driving habits in a very short period
I think the traffic laws have to be tougher AND enforced on the spot. And that would mean 10.000 more policemen.