The number of serious traffic violations reported during the five days after the amended federal traffic law and the black points system came into force on March 1 went down countrywide, constituting a decline of more than 90 per cent in some violations, according to comparative statistics released by the General Department of Traffic in the Ministry of Interior.
Colonel Ghaith Hassan Al Za’abi, Director of the General Department of Traffic, Ministry of Interior, pointed out that there was a noticeable fall in the traffic violations related to speed limit of 60km/h. From the previous 548 violations recorded in last five days of February, the number slumped to a mere 20 violations, a marked decline of 93 per cent.
The violations related to jumping the red signal, too, were a mere 20 cases, almost a 90 per cent decrease from the 212 violations.
While reckless driving accounted for 99 violations during the last five days of February, only 17 violations were recorded during the first five days of the current month, a decrease of 82 per cent.
The number of dangerous overtaking violations by trucks dropped from 58 to 17, while the total so-called ‘dangerous traffic violations’ slumped from 999 to 133. Source
Colonel Ghaith Hassan Al Za’abi, Director of the General Department of Traffic, Ministry of Interior, pointed out that there was a noticeable fall in the traffic violations related to speed limit of 60km/h. From the previous 548 violations recorded in last five days of February, the number slumped to a mere 20 violations, a marked decline of 93 per cent.
The violations related to jumping the red signal, too, were a mere 20 cases, almost a 90 per cent decrease from the 212 violations.
While reckless driving accounted for 99 violations during the last five days of February, only 17 violations were recorded during the first five days of the current month, a decrease of 82 per cent.
The number of dangerous overtaking violations by trucks dropped from 58 to 17, while the total so-called ‘dangerous traffic violations’ slumped from 999 to 133. Source
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