Sunday: September 25, 2011:
Tathqeef offers awareness to 300 students of Al Hosn University
As many as 300 students of Al Hosn University in Abu Dhabi benefited from the traffic awareness sessions offered by the Tathkeef patrol vehicle which was recently launched by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police.
Students have been enlightened about the tasks and duties of the new patrol.
The purpose of Tathqeef patrol is to raise traffic culture among members of the society and help families deal with kids properly when they are on board or on the road, according to Lt. Colonel Jamal Al Ameri, head of public relations at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate.
The vehicle also educates individuals at open and public places by organizing sessions on its services. Families, students at schools, family drivers and baby sitters are also among the categories benefiting from such awareness programs.
Police personnel at the vehicle will have the authority to enforce law against violating drivers and inform them of traffic rules and the need to abide by them, Al Ameri pointed out.
First Lieutenant Hamid Mohammed Al Bloushi, from the public relations section, briefed the students about the vehicle’s special demonstration equipments such as a rear monitor and a mobile camera and standard safety gear including child seats, first aid kits and a fire extinguisher.
Tathqeef patrol is an important initiative to foster traffic safety, a part from being one of the modern means used to curtail traffic accidents, stated Dr. ALHOSN Vice Chancellor and CEO, Prof. Abdul Rahim Sabouni.
Al Hosn University is proud to be the first university to be visited by Tathqeef, he added. It is a good chance for students to know more about traffic rules, to deepen their traffic safety as well as to strengthen our strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Police GHQ.
Prof. Raymond Tennant deputy vice Chancellor expressed happiness over the visit, indicating that the idea of the vehicles is innovative and was not implemented even by most advanced countries. He praised traffic rules in Abu Dhabi.