Gamal al-Amiri, the executive director of Saaed Society, asked to study the social behavior of drivers who commit traffic violations with large fines exceeding Dh1 million, in order to determine the reasons and circumstances that surround them before committing such "irrational" violations. Its expression.
Meanwhile, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Ras Al Khaimah's medical school and the head of psychiatrists at Rak Hospital Dr. Talaat Matar attributed the fact that they commit three major traffic offenses to three mental illnesses: apathy, intellectual distraction and hyperactivity.
Emirates Al-Youm has been charged with accumulating fines for drivers violating the Traffic and Traffic Law in Ras Al Khaimah, some of which exceeded Dh1 million, as a result of driving their vehicles at insane speeds. A 23-year-old Gulf driver committed 1200 traffic violations in two years worth Dh1.58 million. An Arab driver committed 1551 traffic violations in four years, worth up to AED 1 million. Two drivers committed traffic violations last year, which hit one million dirhams for the first driver and 250,000 dirhams for the second driver.
Gamal al-Amiri said that drivers who commit traffic violations with fines up to one million dirhams reach the stage of inability to pay the value of their violations, pointing out that «committing large traffic violations, the result of the weakness of their sense of legal responsibility, social and financial».
"Some drivers commit traffic violations with expired vehicles and insurance, which in itself is a clear traffic violation. The vehicle is not owned by the driver, but is registered with the father or mother, and thus leads a vehicle belonging to his family, thus weakening his sense of responsibility, and disappearing in the danger of legal consequences that will occur later in the event of violating the rules of traffic.
He explained that "the driver who commits multiple offenses, with large financial penalties, poses a danger to his safety and the safety of road users, and will apply the provisions of the legal provisions in the fines schedule of the Traffic Law.
In turn, Dr. Talaat Matar stressed the existence of three psychological diseases that control the behavior of drivers who commit offenses with high financial values, without leaving them the opportunity to hold themselves accountable for their mistakes or the losses they caused. The first is: Bipolar disorder , As the driver gets bouts of obsession that make his thoughts and movements fast, leading him to drive his vehicle at insane speeds beyond legal speeds on the road, to the limits of maximum speeds. The disease can also cause the driver to lose focus while driving, making him reckless driving, without feeling or appreciating the consequences of his infractions.
Matar said that the second psychological disease is called "distraction and hyperactivity", causing the driver to be weak in attention, which leads to the speed of driving faster than the speed of legal and without committing to a number of traffic violations.
The third psychological illness - according to Matar - is "indifference", as the driver is indifferent to the law, and deliberately commit traffic violations while driving because he depends on others and his knowledge to get over it.
"Drivers who commit excessive traffic violations must be referred to a medical committee to ascertain their psychological condition," Matar said. "If they are found to be mentally ill, they should be prevented from driving until their psychological condition improves."