The event was opened by Eastern Province Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Fahd and attended by Saudi Aramco executives, academics, businessmen and traffic police heads.
‘Traffic safety is important not only because it affects everyone, but also because it involves all institutions,’ said Abdul Rahman F. Al-Wuhaib, senior vice president of operations services at Saudi Aramco.
Al-Wuhaib appealed to all relevant organizations to understand and promote the common goal of supporting traffic safety.
University of Dammam rector Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al-Rubaish thanked Saudi Aramco for playing a key role in organizing the forum.
‘Saudi Aramco is fulfilling its obligations toward society,’ he said.
‘Such forums are the need of the hour because they have the power to educate people about saving lives,’ Al-Rubaish said.
According to Gen. Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Al-Ajlan, director of the local traffic department, all efforts that help reduce accidents are worth appreciating. ‘We welcome such public initiatives,’ he said.
The forum highlighted best practices in traffic safety, encouraged sharing of knowledge among various institutions and educated participants in traffic safety skills. The event brought together regional, national and international experts in traffic safety to share their success stories.
All key players involved in addressing traffic safety and its related problems attended the event. They included delegations from the Ministry of Education, Traffic Police and the Ministry of Health.
Workshops and lectures centered on such key areas as education and promotion of traffic safety; enforcement of traffic safety and its effects; traffic safety engineering; casualty mitigation strategies for emergency services and strategic planning aimed at reducing traffic accidents.
