A guide for a traffic awareness campaign launched by Abu Dhabi Police confirmed that the minimum safety distance between parked student transport buses and the rest of the surrounding vehicles should not be less than five meters, whether the bus is parked on a single or dual road.

The booklet, which bears the name "Safety Trail", identified nine types of traffic violations as "very dangerous" to the safety and security of roads, pedestrians and vehicles.

The violations included "failure of the vehicles to fully stop when watching the stop sign in school buses," which may cause collision or run over accidents, calling on drivers to stop completely no less than five meters from school buses when seeing the sign.

And that the leader of the school bus commits a violation of the failure to open the “stop” sign, requires a fine of 500 dirhams and a deduction of 6 traffic points, while the perpetrator of the non-stop violation is punished while viewing the sign of school students transport vehicles with a fine of 1000 dirhams and a 10-point deduction.

According to the brochure, the second type of severe traffic violations is "not to give priority to traffic for emergency vehicles, ambulances, the police or official processions", pointing out that the danger of not making clear lies in delaying the time to respond quickly to providing ambulance services to the injured, which leads to Complications of injuries that require intervention in a specific time period or exacerbation of their cases and deaths.

He stressed that this violation requires a fine of 3000 dirhams, with a discount of 6 points, in addition to reserving the vehicle for 30 days.

The brochure stated that the third violation is "exceeding the speed limits on the roads."

He pointed out that the maximum speed limit for fine exceeding 80 km / h, up to 3000 dirhams, and deducted 23 points, with a vehicle reservation of 60 days, and the minimum (exceeding the speed limit not exceeding 20 km / h) Up to a fine of 300 dirhams.

The fourth violation - according to the booklet - is “slowly walking on public roads, which leads to obstruction of traffic.” He indicated that clearing the way for vehicles that have the advantage of the road, whether coming from the back or from the left, enhances the flow of traffic, As it is not permissible for the driver of the vehicle to travel at a faster speed than the vehicles that are traveling behind him, or to walk at an unjustified speed so as not to obstruct the normal traffic of the rest of the vehicles, or that it is carried out in the left lane all the way.

He said that the perpetrator of this violation is subject to a fine of 400 dirhams.

The brochure stated that the fifth type of "serious severity" violation means "no total stopping at the intersection of roads in the event of a stop signal."

He pointed out that the seriousness of the violation lies in the occurrence of serious collisions, due to the failure of drivers to use intersections and crossroads correctly. He added that this violation would expose the perpetrator to a fine of 500 dirhams.

According to the brochure, the sixth violation is "crossing the red signal."

The perpetrator of this violation is subject to a fine of 3000 dirhams, and the suspension of the license for a year, in cases of heavy vehicles, while the light vehicles exceed the red traffic light, the vehicle commander is subject to a fine of 1000 dirhams and a discount of 12 traffic points, with the vehicle being booked 30 days, and the red traffic light exceeds the bicycles The mechanism requires a fine of 100 dirhams and a discount of 12 points, with a bike reservation of 30 days.

Turning to the violation of «supply and noise», where he stated that this violation requires a fine of 2000 dirhams and deduct 12 traffic points.

The brochure emphasized that the eighth violation, which is very serious, is represented in "busyness outside the road by drivers or pedestrians", as it indicated that this violation requires a fine of 800 dirhams, and deduction of 4 traffic points.

He concluded by stressing the need for motorists to respect what is called "the language of the road," saying that the use of traffic lights when turning or changing lanes is one of the most important obligations of the driver to safe driving of vehicles, because the driver in this case alerts drivers around him with what he intends to do, taking into account the distance Sufficient time, depending on the vehicle's traffic lights, when the driver uses the signal, he warns others on the road that he will take a next turn road, or move to another path, and this violation requires a fine of 400 dirhams.

The second type of severity violation is the failure to prioritize traffic for ambulances, police or official processions.

500

AED and deduct 6 traffic points, fine not to open the "stop" sign.

3000

AED is the maximum speed limit for over 80 km / h.