During the first quarter of 2014

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Al Ain Traffic and Patrols Section at the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate recently organized a set of traffic awareness and guidance lectures, during the first quarter of the current year. The lectures targeted students from military colleges, universities, the Higher Colleges of Technology, institutes, as well as public and private schools across all academic levels, in addition Emirates Transport bus drivers and supervisors in Al Ain.

More than 5331 students from the schools, colleges, and universities in Al Ain benefited from the traffic awareness lectures, which were held under the supervision of the Public Relations Branch at the Al Ain Traffic Section.

Major Salah Abdulalh Al Humairi, Chief of the Al Ain Traffic Section, noted that a total of 66 lectures were held, reflecting the Abu Dhabi GHQ’s comprehensive vision; as part of an awareness plan currently implemented by the section in the city of Al Ain, in order to spread traffic culture across all sectors of society.

For his part, First Lieutenant Nasser Khalifa Al Shamesi, Acting Public Relations Branch Manager at the Al Ain Traffic Section, indicated that the lectures that targeted the drivers category tackled the most important causes of traffic accidents and the means to prevent them and avoid their occurrence, in addition to the most frequent traffic violations and the consequent penalties. “The lectures targeting students and bus supervisors focused on the means to maintain traffic safety at academic institutions within all stages of education. They also explored the necessary measures to be taken upon approaching students’ assembly areas within school campuses and in residential neighborhoods. The lectures also reiterated the instrumental role of supervisors in maintaining students’ safety while on board buses, and while exiting and boarding the bus,” he said.

Moreover, the lecturers organized workshops for elementary and kindergarten students, to train them on the proper ways to exit and board school buses, how to sit quietly on board the bus, and not to extend their hands out of the bus’ windows to avoid traffic accidents that can lead to serious injuries.

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