APD | Nearly half of parents in Middle East break traffic rule: survey

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A survey conducted by a car company in the Middle East revealed alarming results as nearly half of parents in the region admit to breaking road safety rules if they feel that they are not being monitored, local media reported Monday morning.

The survey, which was a part of the latest road safety awareness campaign revealed that as many as 44 percent of parents surveyed across the Middle East admitted to illegal on-road behaviors.

Out of them,18 percent said that they were most likely to break traffic rules if there were no cameras in place while 16 percent admitted to dangerous driving when there was no way of being monitored; and 10 percent said when there was no police in sight.

Almost 43 percent of all respondents said they were most likely to break traffic rules when they are in a hurry, and 40 percent admitted to making phone calls or checking social media while driving with children.

The survey called Eyes on You aimed to shed light on parents' road behavior and interviewed1,869 parents across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Lebanon.

Astatement from the survey company said, “the road safety campaign aims for families to prioritize safe driving habits, especially with their children, as soon as they sit behind the wheel. These survey results are a reminder to parents that their bad on-road behavior does not go unnoticed and is, in fact, being witnessed and eventually mimicked by their children.”

Deema Hussein, Traffic Awareness Senior Manager at Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said that they have started atraffic awareness campaign in school to target educating children and adolescents as future road users and drivers.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)