Ahmadi Juvenile Court: 3-month prison sentence for citizen who drove at 190 km/h

The Judicial Editor: The Ahamdi Misdemeanors Court, presided over by Judge Mohammed Talal Al-Hajri, sentenced a Kuwaiti national to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor, after convicting him of negligent driving and exceeding the speed limit. His speed reached 190 kilometers per hour. Case documents revealed that the defendant’s traffic record included 561 prior traffic violations, with total fines exceeding 25,000 Kuwaiti dinars, indicating a repeated disregard for traffic rules and regulations. The court emphasized in its ruling that adherence to traffic rules and the prudence and caution demanded by driving go beyond mere compliance with regulatory provisions, aiming instead to safeguard people’s lives and safety. It added that public roads are a shared right, and anyone who uses them in a manner contrary to the requirements of prudence and responsibility not only endangers himself but also places the lives and property of others at the mercy of consequences that may be impossible to rectify. The court stressed that “driving is a responsibility, lives cannot be restored, and an error that could have been prevented before it occurred may become a tragedy afterward that no punishment can remedy and no passage of time can erase.” The court concluded its reasoning with a decisive statement: “And whoever is not deterred by the sense of responsibility will be deterred by the rule of law.”