Authorities in Sharjah reminds parents not to allow their teenagers to drive following the deaths of 24 young people in different road accidents last year
Sharjah Police has been issuing advisories asking the public to obey traffic rules, and urged parents to ensure that their teenage kids don’t get a hold of the car keys.
Over 306 accidents have been reported in the emirate since the beginning of 2021 with 147 caused by drivers aged between 18 and 30.
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Lt Col Mohammed Al Naqbi, Director of the traffic and patrol department at Sharjah Police, said that the number of younger people losing lives was a significant percentage.
The Dubai Police has also released their accident data from 2019. As many as 1,360 crashes were reported in 2019 resulting in 132 deaths and 154 serious injuries, officials said.
As many as 875 accidents involved people in the age group 18-35 years, 64 percent of which were caused by them and the mishaps resulted in the deaths of 77 young drivers while injuring 96 others.
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To ensure that the number of accidents and deaths was reduced, police across the country regularly run traffic safety campaigns.
Lt Col Al Naqbi said that they were running campaigns to achieve the “goal of safety” and the traffic offenses detected by police patrols or by radars are posted on social media channels in order to create more awareness about the importance of adhering to traffic laws. (AW)
