A training workshop on vehicle restraint systems (VRSs) hosted by the Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre (QTTSC) at Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) aimed to provide information on the necessary assessment and benchmarking on auditing vehicle restraint systems. This workshop is one of the initiatives under the second National Traffic Safety Action Plan 2018-2022.
Engineering faculty and staff members alongside representatives from consultancies, contractors, and the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Transport and Communications attended the workshop.
The workshop was delivered by Bernd Wolfgang Wink, an expert who was a member of the EU committee for standardisation of Road Safety Systems in Brussels until 2009.
Commenting on the workshop, QTTSC director Prof Dr Faris Tarlochan said, “Road safety is a major concern globally especially with the alarming rate of increase in fatalities amongst young drivers. Therefore, this workshop aims to ensure the continuous efforts for providing safe roads for all by raising public awareness and responsibility towards common co-operation for enhancing road safety systems from an academic perspective.”
QTTSC workshop co-ordinator and research associate, Dr Shahram Tahmasseby said that vehicle restraint systems are effective and essential measures to help road authorities reducing crash severity and consequent fatalities on along expressways. This workshop will be followed by an audit of sample roads in Qatar to provide a pilot assessment of VRSs in Qatar.