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Article In Journal |
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Document Title |
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Traffic Accidents Involving Female Teachers and Students Traveling in Rural Areas in Saudi Arabia: Investigation and Analysis حوادث نقل الطالبات والمعلمات خارج المدن في المملكة العربية السعودية : دراسة وتحليل |
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Subject |
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Civil Engineering |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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For the past two decades Saudi Arabia has experienced vast
growth in many areas, particularly in education and transportation.
Furthermore, there was a dramatic increase of female teacher graduates
and the number of schools in towns and villages. Due to this increase,
the number of traffic accidents involving female teachers and students
commuting to their workplace has increased sharply. As a result, the
issue has become a national concern. The aim of this paper is to
investigate this problem, its magnitude and characteristics, and ways to
mitigate this problem. The data presented were obtained from various
sources such as the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education, and
the Ministry of Transportation. More data were collected through field
studies and randomly distributed questionnaires to both female teachers
and students. Collected data were compiled, and analyzed using
software packages and statistical methods. The result of the analysis
showed that for the past three years, the national traffic accidents’
average rate for female teachers commuting to their workplace was 6.2
accidents per 100 teachers. This rate was higher than the national rate,
which was 4 accidents per 100 citizens. For the same period, the
average rate for female students commuting to their colleges was 3.5
accidents per 100 students. Form the analysis it was found that the most
crucial factors that contributed to the accidents, were tire-blowouts,
excessive speed and weather conditions. The main recommendations of
the study to alleviate the problem are: to launch an on-going safety
awareness program among the female teachers and students and apply
strict adherence to traffic rules on rural roads. The government or
private companies should provide well maintained buses, hire
competent drivers, and encourage teachers to use them. The teaching
load for traveling teachers could be reduced which would in turn allow
for a further reduction in their workdays. |
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ISSN |
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1319-1047 |
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Journal Name |
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Engineering Sciences Journal |
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Volume |
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16 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1426 AH
2005 AD |
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Number Of Pages |
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13 |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Added Date |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
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Researchers
| حسن الأحمدي | H. M. Al-Ahmadi | Researcher | | |
| نضال الرطروط | N. T. Ratrout | Researcher | | |
| خلف العوفي | K. A. Al-Ofi | Researcher | | |
| محمد الصغير | M. A. Al-Sughaiyer | Researcher | | |
| رزق-الله ملكاوي | Rizkullah Malkawi | Researcher | | |
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