MOI steps in to make registration of accidents simple and more efficient
The traffic department has just made life easier for people involved in traffic accidents by opening five traffic investigation offices at insurance companies, reported The Peninsula.
Those who get into accidents can now go straight to insurance companies and complete all the procedures in one go, according to the MOI.
The new service is being provided as part of the integrated link between Traffic Directorate and insurance companies to complete the procedures in traffic accidents at one place.
People involved in accidents can now directly go to the insurance company of the person who caused the accident and approach the traffic investigation office there to register the accident.
Once it’s registered, the other party can approach the insurance company staff there to complete the vehicle repairing procedures. The motorists are not required to go to traffic investigation sections at different areas of the country.
Traffic investigators deployed at insurance companies will register the accident electronically through the tablet PC they are provided with and take the picture of the accident and communicate directly with the insurance companies.
Meanwhile, the accident victim will receive a text message with details of the case and he can approach the insurance company straight for repairing his vehicle.
Previously, motorists had to wait until the police patrol reaches or move to the traffic investigation sections to register the accident and get a report to approach the insurance companies.
Now, all phases of traffic investigation services are completed electronically starting from registering the accident till issuing the report.
Moreover, the accident reports can be printed now from MOI website or Metrash2 mobile app without approaching traffic investigation sections as was the case before.
Courtesy: thepeninsulaqatar.com
This is NOT instead of the current procedures, this is in addition to them.
So you can still go to the police station and register the accident there. Or if there are injuries wait for the police and ambulance to arrive.
Police are sneaking away from their responsibility. That's what it's all about.
I think it will be good for simple accidents .....
What if the other person drives off ?
It all seems confusing ....
And what if one party doesn't have a mobile phone with a camera? Does he have to wait until MM comes along?
Another possibility is that one of the parties may not have an insurance (illegal). What then? The whole plan makes absolutely no sense. It's nonsense!
I think they don't have enough police in Qatar. This will result in even more chaos. I can imagine that the two parties involved might start to fight at the accident site. A very inconvenient scenario, actually.
Good move..
Question: What if both parties claim that they were in the right ?