Students’ families enter into agreements with drivers of private vehicles, to transport their children on the return trip to schools, in order to alleviate financial pressures on them, as their prices are much lower than the price that private school administrations ask of them for transporting their children by school buses.
However, the absence of general safety conditions for this type of vehicle raises doubts about its safety, as a large number of students congregate beyond its actual capacity, which puts their safety at risk.
Specialists emphasized that drivers of private vehicles often violate traffic laws while transporting students, especially in terms of the number of passengers, wearing a seat belt during the return trip, in addition to not adhering to the speed limits on internal and main streets.
The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department in Fujairah Police, Colonel Saleh Mohammed Al Dhanhani, stated that the responsibility for transporting school students lies with the guardian, and he must choose a safe means of transportation that meets the required conditions, such as the presence of single seats and a safety belt for each seat, with the vehicle periodically checked to ensure that it does not break down. while driving.
Al-Dhanhani believes that the best vehicle for transporting students after school buses is the “van”, as it contains single seats, and its capacity allows students to pass smoothly from their seats to the door.
He said that the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law violates and fines anyone who transports passengers whose number exceeds the prescribed number by impounding the vehicle, and fines the driver 500 dirhams, in addition to four traffic points.
A fine of Dh1,000 for transporting passengers in a non-designated vehicle, and four traffic points.
The awareness expert on child rights, Moza Al-Shoumy, stressed the importance of the schools’ commitment to ensuring that students are handed over to their families, noting that “school buses are licensed and approved, and all safety and prevention conditions are applied, while mass transit vehicles are not licensed for this purpose, and no conditions or conditions are applied. Safety and prevention standards.
She explained that “students’ families are responsible for transporting their children in their personal vehicles, or on private buses. Endangering the safety of children puts them before legal accountability,” noting that “the parents of the students handing over their children to an unlicensed driver to transport them is tantamount to endangering their lives.”
Parents of students reported that they choose alternative means of transportation from school buses to save expenses, as transportation fees put pressure on their budgets, despite knowing that drivers of private vehicles usually work illegally.
The students’ families attributed their choice of the alternative means of transportation to the remoteness of their residential areas from the school.
Students’ families enter into agreements with drivers of private vehicles, to transport their children on the return trip to schools, in order to alleviate financial pressures on them, as their prices are much lower than the price that private school administrations ask of them for transporting their children by school buses.
However, the absence of general safety conditions for this type of vehicle raises doubts about its safety, as a large number of students congregate beyond its actual capacity, which puts their safety at risk.
Specialists emphasized that drivers of private vehicles often violate traffic laws while transporting students, especially in terms of the number of passengers, wearing a seat belt during the return trip, in addition to not adhering to the speed limits on internal and main streets.
The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department in Fujairah Police, Colonel Saleh Mohammed Al Dhanhani, stated that the responsibility for transporting school students lies with the guardian, and he must choose a safe means of transportation that meets the required conditions, such as the presence of single seats and a safety belt for each seat, with the vehicle periodically checked to ensure that it does not break down. while driving.
Al-Dhanhani believes that the best vehicle for transporting students after school buses is the “van”, as it contains single seats, and its capacity allows students to pass smoothly from their seats to the door.
He said that the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law violates and fines anyone who transports passengers whose number exceeds the prescribed number by impounding the vehicle, and fines the driver 500 dirhams, in addition to four traffic points.
A fine of Dh1,000 for transporting passengers in a non-designated vehicle, and four traffic points.
The awareness expert on child rights, Moza Al-Shoumy, stressed the importance of the schools’ commitment to ensuring that students are handed over to their families, noting that “school buses are licensed and approved, and all safety and prevention conditions are applied, while mass transit vehicles are not licensed for this purpose, and no conditions or conditions are applied. Safety and prevention standards.
She explained that “students’ families are responsible for transporting their children in their personal vehicles, or on private buses. Endangering the safety of children puts them before legal accountability,” noting that “the parents of the students handing over their children to an unlicensed driver to transport them is tantamount to endangering their lives.”
Parents of students reported that they choose alternative means of transportation from school buses to save expenses, as transportation fees put pressure on their budgets, despite knowing that drivers of private vehicles usually work illegally.
The students’ families attributed their choice of the alternative means of transportation to the remoteness of their residential areas from the school.
Students’ families enter into agreements with drivers of private vehicles, to transport their children on the return trip to schools, in order to alleviate financial pressures on them, as their prices are much lower than the price that private school administrations ask of them for transporting their children by school buses.
However, the absence of general safety conditions for this type of vehicle raises doubts about its safety, as a large number of students congregate beyond its actual capacity, which puts their safety at risk.
Specialists emphasized that drivers of private vehicles often violate traffic laws while transporting students, especially in terms of the number of passengers, wearing a seat belt during the return trip, in addition to not adhering to the speed limits on internal and main streets.
The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department in Fujairah Police, Colonel Saleh Mohammed Al Dhanhani, stated that the responsibility for transporting school students lies with the guardian, and he must choose a safe means of transportation that meets the required conditions, such as the presence of single seats and a safety belt for each seat, with the vehicle periodically checked to ensure that it does not break down. while driving.
Al-Dhanhani believes that the best vehicle for transporting students after school buses is the “van”, as it contains single seats, and its capacity allows students to pass smoothly from their seats to the door.
He said that the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law violates and fines anyone who transports passengers whose number exceeds the prescribed number by impounding the vehicle, and fines the driver 500 dirhams, in addition to four traffic points.
A fine of Dh1,000 for transporting passengers in a non-designated vehicle, and four traffic points.
The awareness expert on child rights, Moza Al-Shoumy, stressed the importance of the schools’ commitment to ensuring that students are handed over to their families, noting that “school buses are licensed and approved, and all safety and prevention conditions are applied, while mass transit vehicles are not licensed for this purpose, and no conditions or conditions are applied. Safety and prevention standards.
She explained that “students’ families are responsible for transporting their children in their personal vehicles, or on private buses. Endangering the safety of children puts them before legal accountability,” noting that “the parents of the students handing over their children to an unlicensed driver to transport them is tantamount to endangering their lives.”
Parents of students reported that they choose alternative means of transportation from school buses to save expenses, as transportation fees put pressure on their budgets, despite knowing that drivers of private vehicles usually work illegally.
The students’ families attributed their choice of the alternative means of transportation to the remoteness of their residential areas from the school.
Students’ families enter into agreements with drivers of private vehicles, to transport their children on the return trip to schools, in order to alleviate financial pressures on them, as their prices are much lower than the price that private school administrations ask of them for transporting their children by school buses.
However, the absence of general safety conditions for this type of vehicle raises doubts about its safety, as a large number of students congregate beyond its actual capacity, which puts their safety at risk.
Specialists emphasized that drivers of private vehicles often violate traffic laws while transporting students, especially in terms of the number of passengers, wearing a seat belt during the return trip, in addition to not adhering to the speed limits on internal and main streets.
The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department in Fujairah Police, Colonel Saleh Mohammed Al Dhanhani, stated that the responsibility for transporting school students lies with the guardian, and he must choose a safe means of transportation that meets the required conditions, such as the presence of single seats and a safety belt for each seat, with the vehicle periodically checked to ensure that it does not break down. while driving.
Al-Dhanhani believes that the best vehicle for transporting students after school buses is the “van”, as it contains single seats, and its capacity allows students to pass smoothly from their seats to the door.
He said that the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law violates and fines anyone who transports passengers whose number exceeds the prescribed number by impounding the vehicle, and fines the driver 500 dirhams, in addition to four traffic points.
A fine of Dh1,000 for transporting passengers in a non-designated vehicle, and four traffic points.
The awareness expert on child rights, Moza Al-Shoumy, stressed the importance of the schools’ commitment to ensuring that students are handed over to their families, noting that “school buses are licensed and approved, and all safety and prevention conditions are applied, while mass transit vehicles are not licensed for this purpose, and no conditions or conditions are applied. Safety and prevention standards.
She explained that “students’ families are responsible for transporting their children in their personal vehicles, or on private buses. Endangering the safety of children puts them before legal accountability,” noting that “the parents of the students handing over their children to an unlicensed driver to transport them is tantamount to endangering their lives.”
Parents of students reported that they choose alternative means of transportation from school buses to save expenses, as transportation fees put pressure on their budgets, despite knowing that drivers of private vehicles usually work illegally.
The students’ families attributed their choice of the alternative means of transportation to the remoteness of their residential areas from the school.