Dubai Police Chief Brigadier General Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei confirmed that irregularities, which some consider minor, lead to fatal accidents, including negligence, which resulted in the death of six people during the first seven months of this year, and 32 others injured as a result of 35 accidents. Among 56 vehicles, most of which occurred at night.

Al-Mazrouei told Emirates Al-Youm that such a mistake, which seems small, has serious consequences, as it is accompanied by other violations, such as speed or not leaving enough distance between vehicles or sudden deviation. He added that negligence has many manifestations, such as preoccupation with something Or pick up things that fall off the driver's hand while driving, so the Dubai police are always keen to alert attention while driving.

Dubai police recorded strange incidents when asked why they were planning, such as a person involved in a collision on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road as he was walking near Dubai airport. When asked why, he said he was watching a plane as it landed, Who left for his country, did not pay attention to the car in front of him and hit it with his boat, according to Mazrouei, who

He pointed out that these violations also include backtracking, as some drivers believe that this is normal behavior, and that they have the professionalism to return to the back of the vehicle, but according to the statistics of the first seven months of this year, the spoiler + resulted in 50 accidents resulted in 17 people were killed and two people died, most of them during the night, 29 accidents, compared to 21 accidents during the day, stressing that the seriousness of the violation multiplied on the highways, especially near the exits when the driver exceeds the exit, and tries to go back to enter it, In fatal accidents.

He pointed out that one of the violations that resulted in fatal accidents during the same period was entering the street before making sure that it was free. The violation resulted in 85 accidents, 33 accidents at night and 52 accidents during the day, involving 171 vehicles, resulting in 62 injuries and two deaths. And called on drivers to check the signs and stand for a second to ascertain whether there are cars coming or not, because the second one sometimes differentiate the safety of road users.

He added that the most prominent of these errors also, standing in the middle of the road without justification in the event of a malfunction of the vehicle, instead of moving it by the side of the road, pointing out that «this violation caused during the past years in fatal incidents, but decreased somewhat during the first half This is a positive indicator that reflects the commitment of many to raise the awareness of the Dubai Police about the consequences of this behavior, which some people underestimate, especially on the highways. "

He pointed out that «most of the incidents that resulted from standing in the middle of the road occurred earlier on the streets fast, and could not drivers coming from the rear attention to parking in front of them», stressing the need to contact the police in the event of failure of the vehicle and can not be moved.

He said that excess speed is one of the most dangerous factors in traffic accidents, especially if accompanied by other irregularities, such as wrong overtaking or sudden deviation, but driving at a speed below the minimum speed prescribed for a road is also dangerous in some cases, especially on highways, Caused the death of a person during the first seven months of this year.

He continued: «from simple mistakes that lead to accidents sometimes eloquent, lack of interest in maintenance of tires, or change in a timely manner, leading to the explosion», pointing to the injury of a person during the first seven months of this year, stressing the need to check the safety of tires Especially in the summer due to the warming of the road.

Accident Analysis

Brigadier General Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei said that the General Directorate of Traffic in Dubai Police is keen to analyze the causes of traffic accidents periodically to develop immediate solutions in coordination with the relevant authorities, pointing out that it targeted tens of thousands of campaign "pass safely" to reduce the incidents of run over, For several years.

He added that with the start of the study next week, the General Directorate of Traffic prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure the movement of students.

3 Offenses Behind the Death of

According to Dubai Police statistics, 75% of the deaths recorded during the first seven months of this year, with 66 deceased, resulted from only three irregularities: sudden deviation (28 deceased), non-estimation of road users (19 deceased) (19 deaths), while the total number of deaths recorded in Dubai during that period was 88 cases.

Back in the vehicle caused 50 accidents resulting in 17 injuries and two deaths.