Officials and experts in the field of traffic safety, called for preventive measures to reduce the accidents of heavy transport vehicles, dangerous and negative consequences on lives and property. These include organizing the time of operation of heavy transport vehicles and buses, and limiting the working hours of their drivers to eight hours per day, including breaks and rest periods, in implementation of international labor regulations.
At the end of the conference, the traffic safety of fleets of transport vehicles, which was held recently in Abu Dhabi, called for monitoring of truck and bus drivers, especially with regard to the use of mobile phone while driving, and the need to pay attention to the positions of trucks and buses on the roads and equipped in an integrated manner, and the application of safety audit system On the road in relation to these situations and areas of recurrence of accidents.
They stressed the importance of making road safety a priority in the work of institutions and companies, stressing the need to develop means of technical inspection of transport vehicles, based on scientific and sophisticated specifications and standards in this area, and the application of vocational rehabilitation standards gradually, based on international best practices.
They recommended focusing on the introduction and introduction of intelligent transport systems and related technologies in the fleet transport system, in order to serve monitoring and follow-up and contribute to the investigation of accidents and traffic control.
They called for reviewing the procedures related to operating licenses and driving licenses for trucks and buses, and the importance of relying on them on evaluative studies and taking into account the extent of readiness and the extent of the contribution of the behaviors of holders of these licenses to accidents and violations, and the impact on road users, and their compatibility with the social, economic and service specificities of each country.