Doha's Automobile Safety Fair

Driving around Doha can be a nerve racking experience on the best of days. With a general lack of respect for the road rules varying from no indicator usage to erratic high speed driving of all descriptions, Doha could really do with a lot more road safety awareness.
The College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q) is doing its’ part to promote this exact issue, with their Automobile Safety Fair. The school of Health Sciences Paramedic Programme is hosting the Fair for the second year and will be continuing to do so for years to come.
They are holding a 20 minute accident simulation scene showing an emergency Paramedic rescue. The rescue is performed by first year paramedic students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Technician Basic EMTB. This provides the students with an opportunity to increase their rescue skills. The organisers from the school are targeting the high risk group of 18-25 year olds, with the message of slow down, arrive alive and wear seatbelts. Another message the school is promoting is the imperative need to buckle up children and babies in the car.
By raising awareness of the reality and tragedy which surrounds road accidents, people’s attitudes will be changed, and hopefully lives will be saved. There are numerous activities included in the fair’s line up. Students at the college and visitors will be able to watch simulations, they can also hear a panel discuss the issue of car accidents in Qatar, take a road safety test, witness a first aid demonstration by Qatar’s Red Crescent and more in the tent displays in the school’s courtyard.
While Qatar’s road safety still needs great improvement, we are grateful to the efforts of CNA-Q. If the attitudes of a few can be influenced then the potential heartache experienced by the great many people affected from road accidents will be lessened. You can never be too safe on the roads, so let’s buckle up everybody in the car, every single journey, slow down, indicate, and generally exercise good driving safety habits every day.