The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced that on January 15 it will start monitoring the traffic to ensure that the delivery motorcyclists keep the right-lane-norm on Qatar roads.
The decision comes within the consistent efforts to reinforce security and safety on roads and applying the best measures and practices to reduce traffic accidents, as well as fatalities and traumas arising from these accidents, MoI outlined in a statement.
It has been decided to compel motorcyclists who deliver orders to use the right lane, except for intersections, roundabouts, and crossroads within 300m near them, said Director of the Traffic Awareness Department, Brig Gen. Jassim Nasser Al Humaidi.
Al Humaidi added that these violations will be monitored through the applied traffic monitoring systems and traffic patrols starting from Jan. 15, pointing out that the decision is based on the traffic law which permits the licensed authority to either ban or specify the use of roads or any part of them for all vehicles.
The decision comes in alignment with the MoI's fourth strategic objective that aims to achieve security and safety on roads, in addition to reducing fatalities arising from traffic accidents. Brig Gen. Al Humaidi elucidated pointed out that such measures help enhance safety on roads and promote traffic system, as well as explore solutions and aims to reduce critical traumas and fatalities due to traffic accidents in Qatar and bolster protection of motorcyclists.
The General Directorate of Traffic has, so far, convened a meeting with representatives of delivery companies operating in the state to outline the demerits of motorcycle boxes used for delivering orders that do not conform to the required technical standards and specifications.
The General Directorate of Traffic stressed that it will never hesitate to enforce the law pertaining to the technical requirements that compel delivery motorcyclists to protect lives and property.
