A significant and remarkable interaction from all spectrums of Bahraini society with the issuance of His Excellency the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Traffic Council, His Excellency the First Corner Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, instructions to form a work team in the ministry to study the traffic law, and to develop the draft amendments in coordination with the relevant authorities and committees, within the framework of updating the legislative regulations related to traffic and tightening them, to control traffic and enhance commitment to the law during the use of public roads, in order to protect lives and property, especially With the intention of the Ministry of Interior to take strict legal measures within the framework of the Traffic Law and its executive regulations, in a way that contributes to protecting lives, property and law enforcement, in implementation of the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, may God protect him, by tightening penalties related to violations and traffic accidents that result in severe injuries or deaths.
It was noticeable that the amendments that were introduced to the project included the emphasis on all the penalties resulting from the violation of the provisions of the Traffic Law, where the limited and higher penalties were raised to be deterrent for every violator, whether the penalties of fines or penalties that negative Legislative Rashid Bounja.
In conjunction with those decisions and directives, the photo report prepared by the “Al -Watan” team revealed during a field tour with one of the campaigns launched by the General Traffic Department, that one of the most monitored violations is the use of the phone during driving, the transgression of the permissible limit for speed, the wrong violation of vehicles, the wrong use of the emergency path, and the review of vehicles, while the report achieved a high percentage of views and a significant interaction between readers And followers, especially since strict legal procedures to tighten the penalties of violations and traffic accidents that result in severe injuries or deaths, aim in the first and last place to implement a more disciplined and effective traffic system in addition to raising the level of awareness and societal commitment.
From this standpoint, those amendments that were introduced to the project include stressing in all the penalties resulting from violating the provisions of the Traffic Law, especially with regard to lifting the lower and higher penalties to be deterrent for every violator, whether the penalties of fines or penalties for freedom are “imprisonment”, and this includes the amounts of reconciliation in traffic violations and criminal penalties “fines” and penalties for imprisonment, whereby the Ministry of Interior increases in the Ministry of Interior If there are injuries or deaths caused by traffic accidents, the penalty increases if the accidents are associated with one of the grave violations, such as, bypassing the traffic light, exceeding the limits of the prescribed speed, exceeding the yellow line, walking the opposite direction, reckless driving, and driving in the case of sugar, noting that the confiscation of vehicles involved in serious accidents or dangerous traffic behaviors will be within the new sanctions.
Perhaps it is necessary to emphasize that preserving the lives of lives and property is a societal responsibility that includes alike, especially with the ministry’s intention to launch awareness campaigns directed at all road users and vehicle drivers, especially with the Ministry of Interior’s agent asserting that tightening of the traffic law penalties is an effective way to evaluate the behavior of road users, and it will have an impact on deterring violators, and reducing dangerous traffic behaviors that lead to grave accidents, which is What maintains the integrity of the roadbollers and vehicle drivers.
These strict legal measures to tighten the penalties of violations and traffic accidents that result in severe injuries or deaths will be evident with the necessity of activating the principle of social responsibility in preserving the lives of lives and property, especially since Bahrain always blesses security, safety and stability in a conscious, committed and solid society.
