(MENAFN- Arab Times) Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General AbdulFatah Al-Ali affirmed the ministry respects and takes pride in all residents, as well as full obligation to uphold human rights principles on both citizens and expatriates.
In a press release, Major General Al-Ali also stated the ministry is proud of the role played by the committees, organizations and activists in human rights aspect. He stressed that news circulating in the newspapers and social networking sites condemning the ministry on the recent deportation of foreigners for what they termed 'ordinary violation of the traffic rules' differ from the reality, and that field operations prove these allegations as false.
Major Gen Al-Ali pointed out that traffic policemen are continuing their field operations to monitor the traffic at intersections, the main streets and any place there is commercial and human gathering in their comprehensive, well-informed and planned traffic operations which will restore order on the roads in the short and long term. He noted these operations will continue, taking into consideration status of the place and nature of the area. "In return, we expect entire establishments and state authorities- both in the government and private sectors, and road users to be ardent and observe the rules and regulations governing traffic, and cooperate with the traffic police who are working around the clock under difficult and tough weather conditions", he noted.
He also said those who are deported due to traffic violations were caught directly by traffic police patrol and not surveillance camera, and that traffic records had shown they repeated serious traffic violations, including excessive speeding, recklessness and indifference to law, which put their own lives and others in danger.
He revealed that officers have recorded 75,026 citations, of which 42,854 pertained to excessive speeding and 10,412 for crossing red signal, since the start of recent major traffic campaigns. This is clear evidence of the seriousness of traffic campaigns to restore order on the roads, affirming the number of violators who have been deported is not measured by the number of violations recorded.
"It really hurts, as a traffic policeman, seeing the loss of innocent souls; fathers, wives, children and sometimes entire families, due to the recklessness of those who don't care and indifference to the laws of traffic, but we're determined and will do our best to restore order", he reiterated.
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