The General Directorate of Traffic held Monday a workshop on the occasion of the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, with the participation of a number of other entities.
The workshop focused on sustainable transport, the urgent need to rethink mobility, road network design, and pedestrian protection among other road safety topics.
In his speech, Acting Director General of Traffic Brigadier Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al-Thani stressed the importance of this workshop and its topics of enhancing road safety, serving the Directorate’s goals and efforts in this regard.
For his part, Director of the Traffic Awareness Department Brigadier Dr. Mohammed Radi Al Hajri said that celebrating the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week comes in light of the great and exceptional efforts put by all national institutions concerned with traffic affairs in developing road networks, reducing traffic congestion, and enhancing road safety.
He added that these goals are among the priorities of the National Development Strategy and the Qatar National Vision 2030, which seek to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ratified by the State of Qatar.
Brigadier Al Hajri explained that road accident dangers have become one of the biggest challenges facing the world, provoking an international effort to confront these dangers by adopting common measures, procedures, and standards aiming to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents, and making roads safer.
Director of the Traffic Awareness Department highlighted the increasing attention of the country’s wise leadership on strengthening Qatar’s international position in traffic safety, through its continuous support for traffic competent authorities in carrying out their duties in accordance with best international practices, strengthening the traffic safety system in Qatar, preserving its accomplishments, and continuing to work towards reducing the rate of traffic accidents.
He pointed to the recent achievements of the General Directorate of Traffic: strengthening the role of smart systems in solving traffic jams, improving traffic safety, and reducing traffic violations and road user bad conduct.
Brigadier Al Hajri added that the Directorate created an accurate traffic database in line with international best practices, in addition to developing traffic accident investigation processes to reveal traffic accident causes and find effective solutions for them, in addition to advocating for traffic safety among all segments of society. (MORE)
Source: Qatar News Agency