AMMAN —
News that the
minister of interior, the Traffic Institute, and relevant
authorities, might ease conditions for the acquisition of scooters has
triggered a wave of reactions by concerned citizens who appealed to the
minister not to adopt such decision because of the dire effects it will have on
their lives, Ammon News reported on Wednesday.
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It said that
Amman residents have been complaining about the noise pollution resulting from
speeding motorcycles and scooters, especially late at night, which prevents
them and their children from sleeping.
Those speaking to
Ammon News complained about speeding, noisy motorcycles in residential areas
and warned that motorcycle riders who do not comply with the basic principles
of traffic, especially maintaining the required distance between them and
vehicles on the roads, put their lives at risk.
Sociologist Rakan
Al-Adwan was quoted by the news site as saying that the incidence of speeding
motorcycles is increasing everywhere in the capital, and that people are right
to complain about not being able to sleep because of noise pollution.
He warned against
easing conditions for acquiring scooters and motorcycles because the streets
are already bursting with both.
Adwan stressed
that he knows of cases when children could not sleep after being woken up by
the sounds of motorbikes, and that is reflected on their performance at school.
One Amman
resident, Ahmed Al-Ali, expressed annoyance with some scooter drivers who do
not adhere to traffic rules or ethics, saying he was almost run over by one as
he attempted to cross the street.
Ali said that
people safety comes first, or, some scooter drivers put it at risk moving
recklessly between cars during the rush hour in a bid to reach their
destination ahead of others.
He highlighted of
a national awareness campaign carried out a few months ago calling for a
reduction of the number of scooters and motorcycles on the roads after several
young people were killed in related accidents.
Several media
outlets have mentioned that the government is about to adopt few measures to
ease the licensing of scooters, which include: canceling the Traffic
Institute’s course for scooters, abolishing the security approval for obtaining
driving licenses, and allowing children of Jordanian women married to
foreigners and
Gaza Strip citizens to own a scooter.
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