More speed-breakers installed in residential area
Aggressive and dangerous driving and daredevil stunts by young motorists on streets in residential areas are forcing many Qatari families to have speed-breakers in front of their homes.
So, one shouldn’t be surprised to find speed-breakers almost every few feet in residential localities dominated by Qataris.
The local Arabic daily Al Raya said yesterday that people in residential areas have been complaining of nuisance by young motorists indulging in dangerous stunts and aggressive driving on streets in defiance of road safety laws, particularly during these Eid Al Fitr holidays.
These young motorists aren’t bothered about their and others’ safety, the daily quoted a citizen, Mohamed Al Suwaidi, as saying.
“This is a new and dangerous trend emerging in our midst. We find it very annoying,” Al Suwaidi said. “This is the way our youngsters have been expressing happiness during Eid.”
They are also not bothered about traffic regulations. They do daredevil driving and stunts on streets in open defiance of traffic laws, he added.
This is happening in residential areas where children move so freely. Their safety is at risk, said Al Suwaidi.
“We want these people punished. There should be areas for car sporting activities.”
Al Suwaidi said this was the reason why there were so many speed-breakers on streets in residential areas. “Motorists feel harassed as these speed-breakers damage their cars.
Another national, Hassan Al Mahmoud, said due to aggressive driving and dangerous stunts by youngsters so many accidents take place.
“One can have an idea about the frequency of accidents from the number of damaged cars one finds parked on roadsides in residential areas.”
According to Al Mahmoud, traffic police are doing their best but irresponsible driving by people continue to lead to accidents.
Yet another citizen, Abdullah Saeed Sharif, said what he finds appalling is that motorists don’t even respect pedestrians crossing roads using the designated zebra marks.
“You can see this more in the Corniche area where there are families. People want to use zebra crossings but motorists don’t allow them,” he lamented.
Speed humps are good to control rash driving, however, there are more than 100 speed humps in Doha city itself without caution/warning to indicate a speed hump is ahead. This causes injury to drivers and damage to the vehicles for which, neither municipality or public works department will not pay compensation or any sympathy. Some humps will built all of a sudden without any warning. Early morning while going for work no humps on the road and in evening while coming back after jumping the hump only driver will realise that some obstacle is on the road. After many weeks or days or never a caution board will appear. Why not install a caution board prior to making a hump on the road after drawing two or three white cross lines where the hump is intended to be constructed. Most of the speed humps are not scientific type. It is intended to damage the vehicle only. If hump is jumped without warning board, either suspension system or engine crank case or exhaust pipe is liable to get damaged. Who will pay for this damages and struggle to get it repaired? Unwanted humps are made in front of some houses with their influence or without influence. If speed humps are constructed with good intention to control speed, the concerned authorities should install the warning board prior to construction and if any boards are broken or damaged it is to be promptly installed back.
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