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There are a number of reasons for the high number of car accidents here. Firstly, you need not pass any driving test to acquire a driving license here, a small bribe will help you purchase the license. This means that a number of people with licenses, including teenagers or young adults have pretty much nonexistent formal training & their driving skills haven't been approved. Some people are probably roaming around without licenses too. I have heard of a few accidents where kids just took their fathers' cars without permission & ended up getting killed. A significant number of people in the younger & in some cases even the older population lack awareness regarding driving rules, such as the 2 cars length of space between vehicles, indicators when changing lanes, etc. Even if they do know those rules, they are hardly followed. Look at the seat belts regulation for instance, women sitting in the front seat need not wear their seat belts, neither does the law enforcement force them to wear them during random stops at check points.
Even the driver could get away with not wearing a seat belt here, it all depends upon the mood of the police officers at check points. Drifting & over speeding are of course 2 other causes for road accidents here with over speeding being more common. Another point that needs to be added is that in Saudi Arabia, families prefer to own larger & obviously more powerful vehicles. Those vehicles are often difficult for teenagers to control without practice or prior guidance. Anyone that's driven various different vehicles can attest to that, & a number of accidents have actually occurred due to that. Due to the constructions going on in Jeddah these days alongside some terrible traffic jams, some people probably disregard safety out of frustration. Anyway, these were just some of the reasons I could think of leading to a greater number of car accidents. The solution would be to solve these issues through awareness campaigns, stricter law enforcement, etc.
Even the driver could get away with not wearing a seat belt here, it all depends upon the mood of the police officers at check points. Drifting & over speeding are of course 2 other causes for road accidents here with over speeding being more common. Another point that needs to be added is that in Saudi Arabia, families prefer to own larger & obviously more powerful vehicles. Those vehicles are often difficult for teenagers to control without practice or prior guidance. Anyone that's driven various different vehicles can attest to that, & a number of accidents have actually occurred due to that. Due to the constructions going on in Jeddah these days alongside some terrible traffic jams, some people probably disregard safety out of frustration. Anyway, these were just some of the reasons I could think of leading to a greater number of car accidents. The solution would be to solve these issues through awareness campaigns, stricter law enforcement, etc.
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