Traffic Police Update

10 Sep, 2008  Driving, Gov

This has become an issue that I hope that the Ministry of Traffic will deal with. Where are the beautiful Traffic Police cars that the government recently invested in. You used to see the traffic police everywhere and they used to enforce the law. Nowadays, they’re more concerned with sitting in their cars and chatting.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve met police and some of my friends work in the police and I’m proud of them, but I think that it’s time to stir things up. Look at the Lekhwia. They’re supposed to be Qatar’s security force. Yet I notice that they’re doing the Traffic police’s job!

Look at this accident that happened at La Cigale the other day. An FJ crashed straight into the center of a restaurant (luckily it was empty at the time).

Who’s to blame? I dont want to point fingers but, the roads and streets don’t encourage people to slow down, people are getting licences too easily, there aren’t enough deterants, and the list goes on.

We need more of Qatar’s Traffic police roaming the streets and enforcing the law. Talking on the phone? Fine! Not signaling? Fine! Not leaving enough space between yuo and a car? Fine! Trying to jump a cue? Fine!

All of these basics need to be embedded into everyone.

I say we follow Dubai’s method and put the whole country on a year probation. People need to learn how to stay in their lanes, indicate properly, not to stick out half way on a round about etc…

Common dear Qatar, help the country before its too late.

Who’s with me?

2 Comments so far »

  1. mwq said,

    Wrote on September 10, 2008 @ 10:01 pm

    Hi Mr Q,

    I agree with you and hoping that the Traffic Dept will follow how Dubai tackle this on going problem that is happening now. The govt has to start educate and enforce the law to every one here.(meaning no bias)

    First thing they have to do is to start checking whether the driver here have the valid driving license or not.(i bet some of the driver here does not have a valid licence)

    I’m with you

  2. pter said,

    Wrote on September 14, 2008 @ 11:23 am

    Kei,

    I’m with you. We need to start seeing more police cars (not the red security force, but the white-blue ones). And they need to start ticketing for everything, like no turning-signal, changing lanes in turnarounds, etc. The size of the fees only work as a deterrent to an extent. For a laborer earning less than 1000QAR a month, the fee of 5000QAR or 50000QAR is exactly the same, exorbitant. And it’ relatively easy to slow down for all the speed cameras, and ignore all other road rules. In fact, I see it very often that at the sight of a camera, the driver slow way below speed limit, which is an indication that they have no idea what the actual limit is.

    I’m with you 100%.

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