Qom Municipality Deputy of Transportation and Traffic says one of the significant plans of the municipality in 2021 is the development of traffic violation recording systems across the city.
Stressing the implementation of Qom municipality’s current policies to make its different sectors smart, Abbas Zakerian stated that in addition to organizing traffic, reducing accidents is the most important achievement of making traffic smart.
Zakerian said the installation of cameras plays a major role in reducing accidents, reiterating that with the installation of surveillance and control cameras in Ayatollah Boroujerdi Boulevard, we are witnessing a 99% reduction in fatal accidents in this part of the city.
Elaborating on the performance of surveillance cameras, he noted that violations such as speeding, red-light crossing, turning right at intersections, lack of technical inspection of vehicles and crossing special bus lines are recorded by these cameras.
He went on to say that currently there are 110 surveillance cameras in the city, adding by the end of the year, 90 more surveillance cameras will also be installed and launched.
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Traffic of the Qom Municipality announced that 33 traffic cameras are now active in the city.
The installation of traffic cameras, full operation of surveillance cameras, and recording traffic violations will make the smart traffic control and management in the city to reach a desirable level, the municipal official pointed out.