Reflection on meeting

Reflection on meeting

 

Date: Tuesday 7^th October, 2012

Venue: W104

Time: 11:15

Chairman: Khalid Salem

Secretary: Hamad Khalid

Participants: The chief of road accident department, Hamdan, the manager of the driving school, Mubarak and Mr. Hedley.

 

Hamad Khalid opening the meeting and considered the problems of car accidents in the UAE. He invited the participants.

 

Hamdan listed the main reasons of the car accidents in the UAE:

1.  Speeding.

2.   Poor car maintenance.

3.  Careless driving.

4.  Ignoring car rules.

5.  Poor road maintenance.

 

Then Mubarak previewed the solutions to reduce the number of car accidents:

1.  Awareness campaigns.

2.  Increasing fines.

3.  Rewards for ideal drivers.

4.  Increasing police patrol.

5.  Increasing the number of radars.

 

 

a)   Hamad mentioned about increasing fines; he thought increasing fines would not work because specific people don’t care because of their high salary.

b) Hamdan represented some statistics that showed the different rates and the number of accidents for each reason.

Recommendations:

a)   Khalid recommended that driving should be taught very well.

b)  Hamdan thought increasing fines is not the perfect solution to reduce the car accidents; it should be replaced with more severe penalties.

 

 

The meeting was controlled by Khalid Salem. All members contributed to the discussion.