How to reduce the accidents in Oman.

Hi all

just wanted to raise an issue here to seek everyone's point of view on Road Traffic Accidents (RTA

Since the beginning of the current year the number of death due to RTA is increasing madly.

As everyone knows that the reasons behind the major accidents are

1- The Driver

2- The Vehicle

3- The Road

I request everyone of you to put his inputs how to reduce the number of major accidents which results in death of people in our lovely country Oman

Please do not hesitate and let us all contribute to how to reduce the accidents.

Every hour someone is injured in a road accident in Oman; every eight hours someone is killed in a road accident in Oman.

To combat this phenomenon, rally legend Hamed al Wahaibi on
Tuesday joined hands with Oman's most famous footballer and national
team captain Ali al Habsi to spread awareness on road safety.
Habsi has teamed up with Wahaibi as a co-founder of the recently-launched Safety First, an independent road safety organisation.
Wahaibi,
who has spent his life behind the wheels, told the media that although
he has more technical knowledge about cars and roads, Habsi will be the
face of the campaign against rising road accidents.
“Habsi's
popularity is impressive on and off the field, and he has been the
obvious choice to lead the road safety awareness,” said Wahaibi.
Habsi,
who most of the time is on duty for his English Premier League team
Wigan Athletic, will devote his time to the organisation in a management
role whenever he is in Oman.
“Both
Wahaibi and I will use our public profiles to reach out to all road
users - young and old, pedestrians and drivers,” he said.
“The
entire community in Oman is concerned about road safety, which is now a
national issue. Safety First will play an important role in informing
and empowering people to make safer choices when using roads,” added
Habsi.
He said that from next English Premier League season he
would be sporting Safety First logo on his goalkeeping gloves. “It will
be a good way to build the brand image of Safety First.”
Wahaibi said that roping in Habsi is just the beginning. “We want to engage the nation’s icons as well as the common man.
“We
want to bridge gaps with the stakeholders and increase cooperation with
agencies working on similar projects and share ideas with like-minded
people.”

Oman has one of the highest traffic accidents
worldwide. Nearly six thousand men, women and children have lost their
lives in car crashes in Oman between 2000 and 2008. Seventy thousand
have been injured some of them were disabled for life. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) estimates that worldwide more than 50 million people
are injured or permanently disabled every year.