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Hisham Aljundi
Doha
The General Department of Traffic’s recent suggestion on confiscating reckless motorists’ vehicles and smashing them to pieces as a deterrent has opened up a new debate.
Officers from South Traffic Department said despite a 28 percent decrease in the number of road fatalities at Sealine and camping areas, they still have to deal with careless drivers who endanger their own lives as well as other’s.
“Impounding vehicles doesn’t act as a deterrent for some who continue to repeat the same reckless acts despite being punished. So, there must be a law that goes beyond impounding the vehicles involved to deter them,” Major Mohammed al Thani, Head of South Traffic Department, said.
He recently revealed that the GDT had suggested to the authorities concerned framing of a law that imposes a penalty of crushing the car for reckless driving.
Talking to Qatar Tribune, Rashid al Saad, a lawyer, said under the law a fine is imposed and the vehicle is impounded for reckless driving for a certain period of time. However, there are certain situations where a vehicle is confiscated, but it maintains personal ownership rights on the vehicles.
“Though we demand a law to deter those reckless drivers, especially youngsters, but this law might
affect the ownership of others as the vehicle used in drifting or reckless driving can be owned by someone else,” he said.
“Enacting legislations to rein in reckless drivers by imposing imprisonment and big fines on the offenders, leaving out the vehicle owners would be more effective and beneficial,” he added.
Others have supported the call for imposing strict penalties to check reckless driving.
Doha
The General Department of Traffic’s recent suggestion on confiscating reckless motorists’ vehicles and smashing them to pieces as a deterrent has opened up a new debate.
Officers from South Traffic Department said despite a 28 percent decrease in the number of road fatalities at Sealine and camping areas, they still have to deal with careless drivers who endanger their own lives as well as other’s.
“Impounding vehicles doesn’t act as a deterrent for some who continue to repeat the same reckless acts despite being punished. So, there must be a law that goes beyond impounding the vehicles involved to deter them,” Major Mohammed al Thani, Head of South Traffic Department, said.
He recently revealed that the GDT had suggested to the authorities concerned framing of a law that imposes a penalty of crushing the car for reckless driving.
Talking to Qatar Tribune, Rashid al Saad, a lawyer, said under the law a fine is imposed and the vehicle is impounded for reckless driving for a certain period of time. However, there are certain situations where a vehicle is confiscated, but it maintains personal ownership rights on the vehicles.
“Though we demand a law to deter those reckless drivers, especially youngsters, but this law might
affect the ownership of others as the vehicle used in drifting or reckless driving can be owned by someone else,” he said.
“Enacting legislations to rein in reckless drivers by imposing imprisonment and big fines on the offenders, leaving out the vehicle owners would be more effective and beneficial,” he added.
Others have supported the call for imposing strict penalties to check reckless driving.
