Drivers and road users in Sharjah complained of pedestrian crossing of highways, surprisingly and randomly, despite the presence of signs and bridges to cross pedestrians, which puts them at risk of run over, asking the competent authorities to set up surveillance cameras to monitor pedestrian behavior and liberate deterrent violations against violators in order to modify their behavior and protect them from being run over.
In turn, Sharjah Police confirmed a decrease in deaths from traffic accidents during the past six months by about 43.5%, indicating that the number of accidents during the first half of this year amounted to 180 accidents, compared to 286 accidents during the same period last year, and the number of deaths 26, compared to 46 during The same period last year, noting that the percentage of run over accidents in Sharjah reached 38.4% of the total accidents.
Muhammad Naim, a resident of Sharjah, told «Emirates Today» that he sees individuals crossing the street randomly on a daily basis, either to go to restaurants on the other side of the road or to bring their household needs from the grocery opposite the building in which they live, pointing out that although the crossing does not take Seconds, but it is dangerous for their lives because they are not bound by the traffic procedures and cross from the places not assigned to them randomly, which leads to dangerous traffic accidents.
He continued that often the wrong crossing of the street results in run over or collision accidents, especially when the driver suddenly stops so that he does not run over in front of him, so a vehicle coming from behind hit him, indicating that this category of individuals needs deterrent penalties, to reduce this phenomenon, calling for a situation A mechanism that specifies legal liability in run-over accidents, especially if the accident is in places not designated for pedestrian crossing.
For his part, the owner of a supermarket in the industrial zone, who preferred not to be named, mentioned that the streets of the industrial area are among the vital streets in the emirate, but there are many abuses by individuals in them by crossing the street randomly and driving bicycles and motorcycles in a way opposite to traffic, despite the availability of corridors It is safe for them, but the absence of permanent supervision and multiculturalism prevents them from adhering to, pointing out that throughout his presence in the industrial area for years, he witnessed many runaway accidents as a result of the lack of compliance by pedestrians with traffic and traffic rules.
In turn, one of the road users in the Emirate of Sharjah, Alia Muhammad, demanded the establishment of a specific and permanent monitoring mechanism to deter passers-by from their random and negative behaviors that lead to their lives and harm drivers if a pedestrian was run over, impeding traffic, and proposed installing cameras in the streets where these abuses are carried out or publishing pictures Violators in official sites to be an example to others, and increase the transmission of educational messages in various languages, due to the multiplicity of cultures and nationalities.
She indicated that the concerned authorities are doing everything in their power to solve the problem of the random crossing of roads, but there are still negative individual behaviors, as some individuals climb the fence to cross the street and others cross from areas not designated for crossing, and the cars are speeding, such as Al-Ittihad Street, Al-Taawun, Al-Khan, King Faisal and Al-Majaz And Gamal Abdel Nasser.
In turn, the General Command of Sharjah Police confirmed that the Traffic and Patrols Department had launched earlier a set of traffic awareness campaigns, with the aim of spreading awareness among the road users, by following the traffic regulations, guidelines and directions provided by security men on various roads, to preserve their lives and their safety from exposure to accidents Run over, noting that the rate of run over accidents in Sharjah amounted to about 38.4% of all accidents in the emirate, since the beginning of this year until the beginning of last June.
The Traffic Statistics Branch of the administration revealed a decrease in the percentage of deaths due to traffic accidents during the past six months by about 43.5%, indicating that the number of accidents during the first half of this year amounted to 180 accidents, compared to 286 accidents during the same period last year, and the number of deaths 26 cases, compared to 46 during the same period last year.
Dangerous excesses
"Emirates Today" has detected dangerous violations committed by pedestrians of different nationalities, especially in the area of cooperation, metaphor, Khan, Corniche and unity, despite the availability of safe corridors for them, high-quality pedestrian bridges, and special traffic lights for pedestrian crossing.
One of the most prominent of these abuses is to cut off the road using bicycles randomly without regard for the seriousness of this behavior, and some climbed the fence to shorten the distance, or cross a road that includes four running tracks, which confuses traffic, or crossing families with the children of the road and completely stopping the movement of cars, and other abuses The other.
Passers-by cross random streets, leaving them run over.