Meeting Minutes

Date: - 13^th March 2012

Time: - 08:15 AM

Location: - Independent research center

Members: - Omar, Rashed, and Yousef

Agenda:-

·         Teenage drivers.

·         Careless drivers.

·         Drivers from different cultures.

·         Different ages.

·         How the department of transport can help in keeping roads safe.

The chairman Rashed started the meeting at 8:15 am.

1-      Teenager drivers:  Yousef said that drivers in these ages are usually reckless; Omar said they do not have enough knowledge; Rashed wondered how to enrich their knowledge.

2-      Careless drivers were the second topic to talk about. Rashed thinks we should set strict fines; Yousef thinks that the fines are good but how to get careless drivers to follow the rules.

3-      Drivers from different cultures: Omar said because the rules are different from one country to another,  the foreign drivers make mistakes sometimes. Yousef thinks they need to get some training, but Rashed thinks it’s not a serious problem.

4-      Drivers with different ages: Rashed said young drivers get angry with old drivers as old drivers get angry with them; Yousef thought we can manage this problem by training.

5-      How the department of transport can help keeping roads safe: Omar sees that the DOT is working all the time to keep the roads safe. Rashed said in the last month Abu Dhabi recorded a high number of accidents because of the sand. Yousef talked about closing the roads.

1-      We should focus on theory lessons to increase the knowledge of teenagers which can be done by schools and at Emirates driving school.

2-      Fines are good now but we will ask the police department to Intensify police patrols.

3-      Foreign drivers and even local drivers will enroll in courses to let everyone know who is next to him in the road and how to avoid others’ mistakes.

4-      The theory classes will be mixed with different ages so they understand each other.

5-      We will ask the department of transport to get ready for emergencies and provide other options if there are instructions which must be done on any road.

Reflection on meeting

Early on the Tuesday morning Rashed , Omar and Yousef started the meeting which is about car accidents in the UAE by running through the agenda which are teenage drivers, careless drivers, drivers from different cultures, different ages and how the department of transport can help in keeping roads safe. There was participation with different ideas on each point. As a result we get from the meeting different points that could help to make the roads safe. There should be more lessons for teenagers at the school which could increase their knowledge about driving. Also the police department should intensify their patrols which could help to avoid different cases of accidents on the roads. Moreover the driving schools should focus on the foreign drivers to know more about the road system . In addition, the DOT should know about what happens on the roads from different situations and make emergency roads for different cases. Finally, we got useful solutions to the problem which was discussed.