HE the Director-General of Public Security Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim al-Khulaifi inaugurated the 34th Traffic Week celebrations at Darb Al Saai yesterday evening in the presence of a number of officers and departmental directors at the Ministry of Interior (MoI).
The Traffic Week will continue until March 24, featuring a wide range of awareness activities and involving the participation of ministries and institutions related to awareness and traffic in the country, the MoI has said in a statement.
The events will be held throughout the week in two shifts: morning from 8am until 12noon, except on Friday, and evening from 4pm until 9pm.
The associated events include a large number of activities that are different from those held in previous years, the statement notes. These include traffic services provided by the Licensing Department at the General Directorate of Traffic for participants of the events.
Vehicle registration, renewal of driving licences, mobile technical inspection of vehicles, training and driving test, as well as an exhibition of insurance companies and traffic competitions sponsored by driving schools are among the activities.
The traffic village and theatre will be open this morning and the Traffic Licensing Department will offer its services to the public from the morning as well. In the evening, there will be a seminar reviewing “The road safety strategy in Qatar until 2022”, along with activities of the Licensing Department and traffic-related competitions for the public.
Tomorrow, the students’ theatre will offer a range of activities for visiting school students and veteran drivers will also be honoured. There will be a debate titled “Driving without license - between acceptance and refusal”, with the participation of school students. The evening events include a seminar on the “Role of family in traffic awareness”.
A seminar will be held on “The role of schools in spreading traffic awareness” on Wednesday evening along with activities in the traffic village, as well as traffic competitions sponsored by driving schools. The activities on Wednesday will conclude with a poetry-reading event.
An awareness lecture on the theme “Wrong traffic behaviour from an Islamic perspective” will be held on Thursday morning, in addition to activities of the traffic village, the Licensing Department and the students’ theatre. A seminar on “Traffic information -
 between reality and hope” will be held in the evening.
The events on Friday will start from 4pm. The week-long events will conclude on Saturday evening.
The Traffic Week this year is witnessing the participation of a number of ministries concerned, such as the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with a specially arranged school tent. There will be activities to educate students at all levels, along with a special children corner and interactive games for kids.
There will be special areas for Souq Waqif while more than 60 entities will take part in the main exhibition held at Darb Al Saai. Lekhwiya will demonstrate its skills in the external area of the venue, and there will be shows pertaining to youth initiatives through some youth wings and Qatar University.

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