Recent data on driver behavior analysis released by Emirates Driving Company revealed that four common causes of truck and light vehicle accidents are excessive speed without taking into account the road, not leaving enough distance, wrong overtaking, and neglect of vehicle maintenance, especially the validity of tires.
In a working paper entitled “Modern Driving Training Methods for Professional Drivers and Heavy Vehicle Drivers”, she recently presented at a conference on traffic safety in Abu Dhabi, she said that there are other different causes of truck accidents: unrestricted load, stress and long driving, sudden drift, and busy Without the road.
She pointed out that the most common causes of light vehicle accidents are the busy phone, and the excess of the red signal, and the lack of attention to pedestrians.
She pointed to the common causes of motorcycle accidents, citing seven reasons: sudden drift, lack of adherence to the road line, lack of knowledge of driving skills, and not leave a safety distance, and not to put reflective stickers, and the validity of the front and rear lights, and ensure the safety of the bike.
She explained that the Emirates Driving Company provides theoretical training for drivers in halls equipped with the latest audio-visual technology and models for the engine of light and heavy vehicles and a model of air pressure systems for heavy vehicles, and there is a safety hall equipped with some simulations of reality such as the car and the sliding chair with scientific expertise of all trainers Vehicle categories in five languages (Arabic, English, Urdu, Pashto, Malayalam). She explained that the program of rehabilitation of school bus drivers, divided into two parts, theoretical training and practical training, in which the student receives training on: bus inspection, defensive driving, the descent and boarding of students, dealing with the people of concern, correct behavior in emergency and evacuation cases, and the basic principles of first aid .
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Common causes of motorcycle accidents, most notably lack of knowledge of driving skills.