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Drivers allowed onto safe lanes at peak hours during Ramadan -- traffic department |
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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 01:59 |
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KUWAIT, Aug 2 (KUNA) -- Kuwait General Traffic Department set up a comprehensive plan to reduce traffic density during the month of Ramadan and is allowing drivers to use the leftside safe lane during peak hours at a speed limit of 45 kilometers/hour (kph).
Assistant Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry at the traffic department Moustafa Hussain Al-Zaghabi told KUNA that "safe lanes are allowed to be used on 6th, 5th, and 4th ring roads as well as King Fahad highway, King Abdulaziz highway, and King Faisal bin Abdualziz highway." "Driving on safe lanes is only allowed during the month of Ramadan at the start and end of the workday and at evening after 8pm until traffic jams ease off," Al-Zaghabi noted.
He also pointed out that when traffic gets back to normal, the left safe lane should not be used, highly stressing that the right safe lane should never be used, as it is reserved for ambulances, firefighting vehicles, and police cars.
This decision comes as part of the Ministry of Interior higher command to alleviate traffic jams during the holy month of Ramadan, and it calls citizens and residents to cooperate with the traffic department to see smooth traffic which is safe for all. - Kuna
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