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Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the General Directorate of Traffic, has apprehended a number of reckless drivers and seized their vehicles in the Sealine area.
Major traffic violations include reckless driving, drifting and hiding vehicle’s number plates among others that endanger the lives of people and the property of road users.
Reckless drivers will also be referred to the Public Prosecution to take legal actions against them according to the type of violation they committed, the MoI said in a post on its official social media accounts.
Yesterday, five traffic accidents took place in Sealine area with no deaths but one serious injury. The vehicle drivers will be apprehended and sent to the Public Prosecution, the Traffic Department said on its Twitter account.
The Traffic Department also took action against a number of vehicles whose drivers committed serious traffic violations in Sealine area as follows: 84 vehicles (sound violations), 15 vehicles (tinted glass windows), in addition to 9 vehicles for drifting and 5 vehicles for hiding number plates.
The Department said that it will not hesitate from taking any legal action against reckless drivers recommending that everyone must respect the traffic law and avoid violations and wrong behavior that endanger the lives of road users.
To address the serious issue of traffic accidents at the Sealine area resulting from reckless dune bashing, the General Directorate of Traffic has taken a number of measures this year including conducting round-the-clock traffic patrols and inspection drives on shops to make them comply with safety requirements.
The measures also include new conditions and requirements for registration of rental shops of motorbikes, dune buggies and other vehicles used for transporting tourists. According to the Department’s statistics for 2018, the Sealine area ranked fifth in the list of areas witnessing traffic deaths.
Last days, the Department implemented a campaign to hold reckless drivers and perpetrators of violations such as awkward driving, manipulation, concealment of vehicle plates and other serious traffic violations that endanger the lives and property of road users. The campaign focused on the Sealine region and other areas in the country.
The General Directorate of Traffic seized 474 vehicles, whose drivers committed grave traffic violations, presented them to the Public Prosecution.
