Report reckless drivers to the police....
Public alert on reckless drivers
The Traffic Department has urged the public to report reckless drivers to them after Gulf Times learned that a motorist is still on road despite amassing QR38,400 in fines and collecting 128 penalty points since February 2008.
It was also revealed that the road permit (Istemara) of the vehicle being driven had not been renewed since November 2007 and was therefore uninsured. The latest violation against this vehicle was recorded on July 22.
A Western expatriate had the scare of his life early this week when he was “nearly killed” by this motorist when he was on his way to work. “He suddenly wanted to take the slip road I was already on and if I hadn’t taken evasive action I would have been joining my family back home in a box,” the victim told Gulf Times.
“I took the vehicle’s registration number down and at the earliest opportunity went onto the Ministry of the Interior’s website, keyed in the plate number to try and find out an ID of the offending driver and was shocked to find that the vehicle had over QR38,000 in fines and 128 points logged against it,” he said.
When the matter was brought to the notice of a Traffic Department official, he said the “motorist” had been lucky to evade arrest so far. “The police must be looking for him,” he said.
However, the official said there was no “automatic mechanism” with the Traffic Department to trace down owners of vehicles which had amassed huge amounts in fines and collected similarly high negative points.
“The Traffic Department is not empowered by law to go after such violators. They may be caught during an inspection drive on the roads or made accountable while applying for renewal of the road permit.”
As a remedial step, he advised victims of “aggressive and reckless driving” to bring the matter to the notice of the Traffic Department. “If the public acts proactively, such drivers can be reined in,” he said.
Adding to the threat from such drivers is the fact that such vehicles are also not insured because their road permits had not been renewed.
“No insurance company in Qatar (by law) is allowed to insure a vehicle, which does not have a valid registration. Also, for insurance renewal, the police (clearance of both technical and legal inspection) certificate is compulsory,” an industry source said.
The insurance company official said it was illegal to drive a vehicle without a insurance over. “At least a vehicle must have third party cover, as per local law,” he added.
The motorist who had a near-miss wondered what would happen to the victims if vehicles with no insurance cover met with serious accidents.
“It is a grave scenario. It is highly advisable to have a system in place to hunt down drivers, who have scant respect for the law of the land,” another motorist who had a similar experience said.
Safety regulations in Qatar have been improving, thanks to a more stringent traffic law adopted in October 2007 and a country-wide traffic safety campaign.
Article link on Gulf-Times
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=376743...
KHATTAK / SOMWERNDMIDDLE
guys, its tuff out here... no one seems to understand anything......anyhow.....all i have to convey is -
Drive Safe, Reckless Driving will cost your life and this is also a threaten to others.
Everyone has got a family and its our individual responsiblity to drive safe.
overall, a simple case of SDS :D
LOL Khattak, I was trying to understand his comment since yesterday :P
My dear friend jimnet... Are you OK?
report reckless drivers with expired registration!
reckless drivers are all over qatar.....
'..and doing so to make up for some psychological or psychiological inadequacy. Maybe they are not taken seriously in the workplace, at home or in the bedroom and as such have to try and exert their alleged manhood on the road via 3 tons of out of control metal pilotted by 100 kilogrammes of insecure mental inadequacy.'
Those are my thoughts exactly:-)
Interestingly, I am acquainted with a number of individuals of a certain nationality who drive high performance - non 4 x 4 vehicles (the likes of Porsche, Lambo and Jaguar) and drive them reasonably well and with a degree of consideration for other road users. This leads me to deduce that the size thing is the issue here and that individuals who drive in the manner previously described - let me refresh your memory;-
"A Small message to everyone who own a 4WD - especially those Toyota Landcruisers
Don't ever feel like.........
1) I feel that I own the road.
2) Traffic rules appear to be for lesser mortals.
3) Have the tendency to stick out my left hand, asserting that I always have the right of way.
4) The fast lanes have become my private domain. Anyone ahead of me must move aside. If not, the lights
flash and the horn blares by itself.
5) Road dividers and other such barriers no longer matter. And so on..." Jimnet Tue, 27/07/2010 - 11:35am
..and doing so to make up for some psychological or psychiological inadequacy. Maybe they are not taken seriously in the workplace, at home or in the bedroom and as such have to try and exert their alleged manhood on the road via 3 tons of out of control metal pilotted by 100 kilogrammes of insecure mental inadequacy.
Just something to ponder ..........
The problem is that this type of thing can be open to abuse.. What happens if you get pissed at someone and file a false report ?
This happened to me in Saudi. A guy was on my left at high speed and suddenly decided to turn right. I had an argument with him and the next day he reported ME to the police for dangerous driving and speeding....
They know who they are ...... and we are watching them from behind our notebook with our pens poised to take down numbers after all, as we know, the pen is mightier than the 3 tonne out of control LC with an idiot at the wheel - but far be it for ME to point fingers - Im sure the authorities have it ALL under control ;o)
go on chairboy say it..... :D
An example of sheer arrogance and ignorance with a middle finger up to the authorities, the law and everybody else on the road - "Im better than you and the rules that apply to everybody do NOT apply to me".........now who could THAT possibly apply to???.
the owner seems to be making a list, like a wishlist tsk! that driver should be banned from driving! he is a danger to every motorist.
Qatar...
Isn't there some kind of computer system at the boarder which shows the violations before you leave the country concerned?
Friends, Check out the plate no. 200500 under www.moi.gov.qa (Traffic Violations)
My dear friend "Khattak" - A very wrong assumption. This is a good example which can be taken as part of character building. Do not point out fingers at anyone. If there are crazy drivers out there, take out the first step...accept that you are at fault...try to change and leave the rest to God. Things will change and this will be a paradise on earth. Trust me....Trust the human instinct.
Assuming that your submission is genuine and not faecious, then cudos to you Jimnet for your honest assessment of your own. Whilst not wishing to be accused of over generalisation, I concur with your initial statement but would caution that the Qatari youth are far from being the worse behaved in the world - so dont feel the need to be overly critical.
As far as your stance on the driving of nationals is concerned, well we have a saying in the Uk - "P.ssing in the wind" - I feel that it will be a cold day in hell before a lot of Qatari's adhere to the "rules" you mention above and before I am accused of National bashing - we all know what Jimnet is saying is true but its been done to death and death again on QL so no need to go there again - the latest "whistle blowing" invitation has about as much future in inhibiting the driving habits of nationals as a puddle in the desert. It is what it is and we all have to deal with the ignorance.
WK..... I was pointing to him when I said the expatriate in the report must be a QLer :-)
Safe Driving reveals your maturity and this has to do lots with character building.
For a child - Character Building needs to begin at home, then at school and this will keep progressing until one completes his university and start working out his career.
Unfortunately, it doesn't happen here in this country. Sad to say this -- me being born and brought up here. Honestly, I always enjoyed living in this country however sorry to say that people DOES NOT REALIZE WHAT HUMAN RESPECT IS ? AND THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO SHOW RESPECT TO THEIR FELLOW BEINGS. People needs to realize that MONEY ISNT EVERYTHING but IT IS THAT ONE DAMN THING....WHICH IS THE ROOT TOWARDS ALL EVIL.
A Small message to everyone who own a 4WD - especially those Toyota Landcruisers
Don't ever feel like.........
1) I feel that I own the road.
2) Traffic rules appear to be for lesser mortals.
3) Have the tendency to stick out my left hand, asserting that I always have the right of way.
4) The fast lanes have become my private domain. Anyone ahead of me must move aside. If not, the lights
flash and the horn blares by itself.
5) Road dividers and other such barriers no longer matter. And so on...
Friends, Remember.....Life is short and there is plenty of time left for you to make a difference in other peoples lives. Respect and Obey the laws of this country. Don't let others change you...Take the first step as I have done. I admit that I was once a reckless driver but circumstances itself has taught me. I have now changed and transformed to be a good driver on the roads.
Good Luck to all my fellow beings. God Bless..........
Calling lincolnpirate to upload his list here. He loves to note down these numbers and check on the MOI website for violations.
Dear avvid & garnet06ph give Qlers about those cars
Registration No:........
Colour: ............
Model Name:..............
I'm really glad that this article appeared in both English/ Arabic dailies. For the past few weeks, many Qataris were complaining over the media about the fines extracted from them randomly by the traffic department. Demanding for reduction of fines on traffic violations.
I was really surprised to read all the posts in a local Internet forum ignorantly supporting the reckless driving by demanding not to be fined for seat belts & parking in undesignated area!!!
Many think that traffic department are enforcing those fines for profit , ignoring the number of car accidents annually
Public can act proactively but how do they (Traffic Department) intend to rein in such drivers when they are not empowered by law to go after such violators????
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i had a share of experience with stupid drivers as well, took his plate number ang check on MOI site.. walah! not registered since 2009 with 10,000 rials violation fines!
baldrick.....You just won QR 100,000,000/-
... and I bet the errant driver is a Qatari :o(
Police can sue those traffic violators if they wanted..Qatar has limited area, if they will set a check points around Doha for sure no way for them to escape the LAW.
I bet that expatriate is a QLer. :P
Ha ha.... These people break the law but the police are not allowed to go after them. You couldn't make it up