Doha: As it aims at spreading awareness on road-safety, the General Directorate of Traffic has again showed its commitment and collaboration with its partners to realize that vision. The General Directorate of Traffic has recently concluded its participation at the Traffic Week, which took place between the 18th and 24th of March.
The event, which was held at Darb Al-Saai, saw the gathering of some of Qatar’s largest driving schools.
Commenting on the event, Major Jaber Mohamed Rashid Odaiba, Assistant Director of Media and Traffic Awareness Department, the General Directorate of Traffic said: “The General Directorate of Traffic aims at spreading awareness on road-safety and realizing the National Road Safety Strategy.
“In this regard, we cooperate with our stakeholders through different awareness campaigns, and are very pleased to partner with Engineering Solutions and the participating driving schools in the 34th Traffic week.”
The driving schools participating in the event included Dalla Driving Academy, Al-Hasba Driving School, Qatar Driving Learning Institute, United Driving Academy, and Doha Driving Academy. The participants were keen to reach out to visitors by answering their inquiries on road-safety, or by offering training sessions on the state-of-the-art driving simulator provided by Engineering Solutions.
Event officials pointed out the uniqueness of the advanced technology of the simulator, which is 100% Qatari-made. The simulator is manufactured by ‘Engineering Solutions,’ a leading Qatari company in the field of road-safety and the sole manufacturer of advanced driving simulators in the MENA region.
Raffat Zreik, Operations Manager at Engineering Solutions, said: “At Engineering Solutions, our main priority is road-safety, as we strive to realize the Qatar National Road Safety Strategy. We are delighted to have cooperated with the General Directorate of Traffic and the participating driving schools during the Traffic Week.”
Engineer Hassan Nassar, Manager of Dalla Driving Academy, said: “We are proud to participate in the Traffic Week, where we had a chance to assume our role in realizing the Qatar National Road Safety Strategy and spread awareness on such an important topic. We would like to extend our gratitude to the General Directorate of Traffic for the outstanding initiatives it executes in this regard.”
