tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post2399399462673243749..comments2024-03-06T14:12:03.858+04:00Comments on Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري: Time for Action Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-13085113098981454802012-11-29T15:14:04.126+04:002012-11-29T15:14:04.126+04:00Hi Susan from your friends at the Center for Inter...Hi Susan from your friends at the Center for International Learning http://omancenter.org in Muscat. Thank you for your wise ideas about road traffic safety (or lack thereof) in Oman. We recently hosted Ms. Bernadette Bhacker in a lecture for our study abroad students about her organization, Sustainability, LLC, which works to combat the many factors contributing to unsafe roads in Oman. No doubt public education and strong enforcement is needed to make seat belt use more widespread and to eliminate the use of mobile phones while driving. Thanks for addressing this important issue!<br /> Judi Garfinkelhttp://omancenter.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-55928046746797159332012-10-13T18:30:12.685+04:002012-10-13T18:30:12.685+04:00Far from alleviating the danger on Oman's road...Far from alleviating the danger on Oman's roads, the newer and wider highways which are appearing - for now especially around Muscat - are just creating yet another source of danger. It is not surprising as, only too visibly, nobody has been taught to USE a three or four lane system effectively. Worst of all - especially on the Expressway - there is the hazard of humungous lorries, cement mixers and other heavy duty vehicles. In most countries, these occupy a crawler lane or at least have to respect a low speed limit or refrain from overtaking. In Muscat, the two nearside lanes are blocked with these killer heaps of metal - overtaking each other without signalling or warning - whose drivers rule by brute force. As the 'overtaking' lane is taken up with speed freaks going at 160 km an hour or far more, there actually is NOWHERE for a normal, moderate driver to escape to. Can it be possible that there are laws in existence to safeguard safety in these instances too? If not, why not? If so, it's back to the same old question - where ARE the police? And where IS the training? Oman is getting rid of its roundabouts because its drivers are too ignorant, murderous and lawless to use them properly. And yet it is rapidly creating a road system which falls into the same category as the roundabouts - unworkable death traps. What is WRONG here that these issues are not dealt with as in other countries? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-67347685314963159702012-09-26T21:11:50.243+04:002012-09-26T21:11:50.243+04:00I fully agree.Pluss you should add the points syst...I fully agree.Pluss you should add the points system. Take the license for two yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-79039279954506512442012-09-24T19:31:14.711+04:002012-09-24T19:31:14.711+04:00Ms Al Shahri. You know full well the only way to ...Ms Al Shahri. You know full well the only way to address this issue is from the very top. Why ask for suggestions if you reject the most obvious? Not including all the injured and traumatized, you quoted 800 dead on the roads in this year alone. Of course it has now risen. Since you rejected my post, two of my family have died at the hands of a criminal driver and two children were maimed - front page news in many countries of this size. A bitter ironyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-46044050355977407622012-09-22T14:25:48.410+04:002012-09-22T14:25:48.410+04:00I was just driving in Salalah and got "flashe...I was just driving in Salalah and got "flashed" and tailgated by a speeding police car. I was doing 95 on a crowded road where the speed limit is 100 KM/H. The police car ( number 855 on his license plate - just so you know) was't in a hurry to get to the scene of an accident or something because he was only driving 110 km/h and wasn't using his police lights. He just didn't like the fact that I didn't drive fast enough! He also didn't use his indicator lights to switch lanes.<br /><br />If this is how the police drives, how can you expect the other road users to stick to the road rules! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-66605859425481187782012-09-21T16:31:41.610+04:002012-09-21T16:31:41.610+04:00Your action plan would have to involve the Ministr...Your action plan would have to involve the Ministry responsible, wouldn't it? But, if there is such a ministry, they don't seem bothered. Is there a mechanism for getting His Majesty to propel this forward? Without that kind of imperative, nothing will happen. As someone said above, the only other recourse would be protests - peaceful, of course. Anything to get the powers-that-be to take this daily death and mayhem seriouslyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-8244981523924089392012-09-21T08:40:02.172+04:002012-09-21T08:40:02.172+04:00Just yesterday I saw drag racing from the same peo...Just yesterday I saw drag racing from the same people employed to enforce those laws. One car male trying to catch up to the females in the other car. Flirting, how on earth?!? Nothing better to do? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-26322568063776208952012-09-17T10:47:30.410+04:002012-09-17T10:47:30.410+04:00That would certainly make some sense. In stark con...That would certainly make some sense. In stark contrast...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-86905575433286912012012-09-17T10:46:21.056+04:002012-09-17T10:46:21.056+04:00I really hope this article will also reach an audi...I really hope this article will also reach an audience of Omanis in Arabic. That way we might hope for some impact on the populace at large. Great if it goes viral in English - but it really needs to reach the people who can put the ideas into action immediately. As has been said, why the reluctance on high to deal with such a matter of national shame? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-46401478154014883812012-09-17T05:15:45.103+04:002012-09-17T05:15:45.103+04:00Yes, as the blog states, the problem is undoubtedl...Yes, as the blog states, the problem is undoubtedly one of ATTITUDE. That of the police themselves, for sure, but fundamentally of The New Arrogance Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-77003171294187043082012-09-17T05:09:01.917+04:002012-09-17T05:09:01.917+04:00Time for some 'protests'?Time for some 'protests'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-3806764487287205032012-09-17T05:01:48.938+04:002012-09-17T05:01:48.938+04:00Yes, why is it being left to a blogger on a nation...Yes, why is it being left to a blogger on a national newspaper to state the obvious? Can anyone explain why nobody with any power is willing to act on this? Who is the Minister responsible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-45220856673770769072012-09-17T04:56:21.505+04:002012-09-17T04:56:21.505+04:00A very constructive article. It is amazing to hea...A very constructive article. It is amazing to hear that any driving laws exist at all in this country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-33080686518973758762012-09-17T04:46:16.879+04:002012-09-17T04:46:16.879+04:00It's an everyday occurence. We all know that....It's an everyday occurence. We all know that. The penalties are never enforced. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-3767873911232714082012-09-15T02:09:11.895+04:002012-09-15T02:09:11.895+04:00Everytime you renew your car insurance at the poli...Everytime you renew your car insurance at the police station, a record stating how many times you sent your car to maintenance should be asked for .. some poeple don't care about car maintenance.<br /><br />Windows tenting should be banned.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-34946601225278752472012-09-13T15:37:49.018+04:002012-09-13T15:37:49.018+04:00I love this article so much!!! It needs to go vira...I love this article so much!!! It needs to go viral! It's great to see an Omani's take on the driving here. It's definitely an "attitude" problem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-4220191585268305122012-09-11T22:29:38.848+04:002012-09-11T22:29:38.848+04:00Amen, sister!!!
luluAmen, sister!!!<br /><br />luluAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-17100705976129260942012-09-11T17:21:47.460+04:002012-09-11T17:21:47.460+04:00On three occasions this week, at the same round-ab...On three occasions this week, at the same round-about (the one that leads to the University) that is monitored by police during rush hour, I witnessed what in Europe would land you a big fine. <br /><br />One of them was a guy who thought he was so much more important than everyone else, including the police, IGNORING a signal from the police to stop so other cars could go. He nearly crashed into my car!<br /><br />The second one was another Mr. Important who decided to create a 3rd lane in front of the round-about in order to push infront of all the other waiting cars.<br /><br />The third and most unbelievable one to me, was a young kid hanging/ standing out of the window while his father was waiting to pull up. The kid waved at the police. The police smiled back....<br /><br />In all 3 of these cases, the police did NOTHING! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-28704839524429091232012-09-11T15:18:10.091+04:002012-09-11T15:18:10.091+04:00umm your article is very irresponsible in implying...umm your article is very irresponsible in implying you can drive at 200km/h with no fear of the law..I guarantee you will be hauled in and referred to the public prosecutor to face up to 2 years in prison if caught driving at that speed, there was even an article in the paper stating this a few weeks ago. proud tailgater w/full makhfinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-25952235990838175312012-09-11T15:03:32.400+04:002012-09-11T15:03:32.400+04:00Why not all vehicle have speed limiters fitted so ...Why not all vehicle have speed limiters fitted so that it's not possible to go faster than 120km/h?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-64599802878443843862012-09-11T14:42:04.880+04:002012-09-11T14:42:04.880+04:00There are also changes to vehicles that would help...There are also changes to vehicles that would help.<br /><br />All vehicles should have a red warning light set midway on the rear windshield. This would be on at all times. Also car's driving lights would work at 50% brightness whenever the engine is running. <br />ALL buses should have a speed controller with a maximum speed of 85 km/hr..<br />All new drivers should have to display a NOVICE DRIVER sign displayed for one year after passing driving test. <br />A point system for traffic violations must be put in place. 3 points accrue for each violation. When you have 12 points your insurance would skyrocket. Drivinis ning without insurance would result in your car being impounded for 6 months.<br />New cars should have a mechanism that prevents GSMs from working while the car is in motion. John Harriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-63217803025122473532012-09-11T11:14:30.913+04:002012-09-11T11:14:30.913+04:00Jess, you may email me directly at susan.alshahri(...Jess, you may email me directly at susan.alshahri(at)gmail.com <br /><br />:) Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-82857281693949449552012-09-11T10:43:49.625+04:002012-09-11T10:43:49.625+04:00Definitely the National Driving Academy!! Definitely the National Driving Academy!! Fatmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-48780065807119362322012-09-11T10:43:26.697+04:002012-09-11T10:43:26.697+04:00Susan,
I would train officers to not fear Wasta a...Susan,<br /><br />I would train officers to not fear Wasta and connections and rude young men.<br /><br />Ellen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-2720334206337226282012-09-11T10:28:57.366+04:002012-09-11T10:28:57.366+04:00Why isn't someone in a position of authority r...Why isn't someone in a position of authority reading this? What is stopping them from taking action? The ROP can SEE all the speeding records on their fancy little cameras but they're doing NOTHING except fine people and get a lot of money. Seriously, complete BS.<br /><br />Ali Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com