What is traffic accidents’ reason in al-Raqqa?

HAMID AL-ALI /AL-RAQQA

Al-Raqqa city and its countryside witness many traffic accidents as their number reaches more than 40 a month. The Traffic Section of al-Raqqa city continues to work for the safety of citizens through the traffic checkpoints existed within in the city and the patrols that are running 24 hours day and night.

The Traffic Department of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in al-Raqqa city and its countryside is continuing its work to reduce the traffic accidents by taking several new decisions against the violators of the traffic laws.

The General Traffic Section of al-Raqqa city is followed by rural centers which are the centers of Hazima and al-Kalta. Other centers are also scheduled to be opened in the coming months.

Each Traffic center has several sections, including the Control Records Section, the Control Infringement Section and the Checkpoints’ Patrol Section.

According to the administrators in the Traffic, the most incidents occur because the minors’ driving of the cars, the reckless driving and parking the machineries at the wrong positions on the roads.

The administrators explained that al-Raqqa city is witnessing 10 incidents a week, in other words, 40 to 50 accidents per month.

Ahmed al-Assaf assured that these violations and the seizure of the machineries come within the framework of organizing the traffic movement, and to ensure that minors would not drive cars and motorcycles inside and around the city.

Al-Assaf called on the residents to help the Traffic police and not allow their children under the age of 18 to drive cars, especially motorcycles.

Since the liberation of al-Raqqa city at the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces from IS mercenaries in October 20 last year, al-Raqqa Civil Council and its institutions have been working afoot to serve the citizens.

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ANHA