Over 1,400 Traffic Offenses Each Day, Urgent Reform Needed

In a significant development aligned with government and parliamentary initiatives to amend traffic laws and intensify penalties for violations, recent statistics released by the Ministry of Justice underscore the severity of the situation. A staggering 431,000 various traffic violations were recorded in the past ten months of 2023, translating to an alarming average of more than 1,400 daily traffic violations.

As per data obtained by Al-Qabas, the traffic court figures for the same period reported 165 fatalities, with 126 rulings resulting in the withdrawal of driving licenses. Notably, the number of pending traffic cases before the country's traffic courts reached 15,556 from January to October.

The statistics also shed light on the financial implications, revealing that the total fines imposed for traffic court cases amounted to approximately 250 thousand dinars. Imprisonment sentences totaled 138, with the highest concentration of 37 sentences in the Capital Governorate, followed by Al-Ahmadi with 29 sentences.

In response to the alarming rise in traffic accidents and casualties attributed to non-compliance with traffic laws, legal sources have issued warnings. They attribute the surge in death rates to a lack of traffic awareness and insufficient deterrent legal penalties. These sources stress the urgent need for promptly enacting a new traffic law, asserting that it is crucial to bring order to the chaotic traffic situation, reduce violations, and hold reckless individuals accountable for their transgressions.

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