An open day for traffic awareness was held at the Qatar National Theatre recently as part of the fourth edition of the annual ‘Schools without Accidents’ campaign. The event was held in partnership with IBQ and spearheaded by Corporal Abdulmuhsin al-Asmar al-Ruaili with the participation of 197 students from 11 high schools.Comprehensive and interesting facts about traffic were shared with the students, traffic co-ordinators and supervising teachers. The event helped evaluate the results achieved through various endeavours that targeted students, and shed light on different traffic concepts, rules and ethics. A number of traffic awareness films, showing live examples of traffic mistakes and accidents, were screened. Lieutenant Fahd Shreidah, traffic awareness officer at the Traffic Administration, praised the strong participation shown by the schools. He said the students and their supervising teachers played a major role in organising traffic seminars during which a book about the campaign was explained and reviewed. The book presents information related to driving licence, road signs, road indicators, signals, driving at intersections and in roundabouts, safety measures during driving, main components and parts of a vehicle, in addition to first aid and the list of traffic violations. The book also contains many lessons and information that drivers and pedestrians should be familiar with.
Shreidah said the seminars and initiatives taken by students - including designing of special road signs to be put in schools, writing about topics related to traffic awareness and attending awareness lectures held by the organising committee - have helped in enhancing awareness among students. George Nasra, managing director of IBQ, said: “Awareness and education are the core drivers of our Corporate Social Responsibility programme whereby we sponsor and support many social projects and events. “IBQ wants to reach out to the community with a wide range of educational and charitable schemes to enhance the welfare of all, especially that of the schools and colleges in Qatar.”