Date of meeting: 7th October 2012
Time of meeting: 08:00
Venue: W004
Group members:
Chair: Khalid.
Secretary: Hamad.
Participant: Hamden Kareem – the chief off Road Accidents Department.
Participant: Mubarak
Salem – Manager of Emirates Driving Institute.
Participant:
Mr. Hedley
Topic: car
accidents
Hamad
started the meeting to discuss car accidents in Abu Dhabi. A list of the
major causes is made:
1-
Speeding.
2-
Poor
car maintenance.
3-
Careless
driving.
4-
Ignoring
traffic rules.
5-
Poor
car maintenance.
A-
Hamdan
talked about the numbers of car accidents and which reasons have the highest
number and which age group causes them.
B-
Khalid gave an example “I was driving my car last Friday at 11:00pm near my home
and there was a hole in the street which couldn`t be seen clearly at that
moment and I almost lost control but fortunately I was driving around 35Km/h”.
C-
The number of deaths was discussed and which reason
was the highest causes of fatal accidents.
Recommendations:
1-
Mubarak
said to increase the number of awareness campaigns and to do them in different languages
to educate more drivers. Khalid said it`s better to bring some accident victims
so people feel their suffering.
2-
Other
suggestions were to increase the numbers of radars, fines and police patrols
which can lead to better behavior of the drivers. Hamdan agreed on that and
thought they were good solutions.
The meeting achieved its goal and Khalid
thanked all participants.
Khalid ended the meeting at 8:50.
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