Traffic departments in the state have filed 186 thousand and 606 violations against drivers due to busyness on the road while driving by phone during the past two years, and 7745 others violated during the same period due to busyness while driving a vehicle in any way, according to Ministry statistics The interior.
In detail, traffic reports revealed that the busyness on the phone, while driving, caused many severe traffic accidents during the past years, and resulted in many deaths, injuries and various vehicle damage.
Traffic departments confirmed that preoccupation with photography or making a phone call or receiving a call, while driving, or messaging via social media, leads to distracting the mind from thinking and delaying the reaction, and the deviation between road lanes and slowing the speed of the vehicle to below the normal limit, and the possibility Bypassing the red light signal, causing fatal accidents.
She called on drivers to pay attention and focus while driving, and to avoid using the phone to browse the internet and social media while driving, to avoid vehicle deviation, or disrupting traffic and traffic, and bypassing the red light.
Statistics of the Ministry of Interior revealed that the number of violations, which were registered last year against drivers at the state level, to engage on the road while driving a vehicle using the phone, reached 96 thousand and 894 violations, compared to 89 thousand and 712 violations in 2018.
It stated that the violations, which were recorded last year against drivers due to being busy off the road while driving the vehicle in any way, amounted to 3,513 violations, compared to 4,232 violations in 2018.
The Ministry stressed the need to adhere to the rules of traffic and traffic, as the Traffic and Traffic Law stipulated the rules and procedures for traffic control, that “engaging on the road while driving a vehicle using the phone, or engaging on the road while driving the vehicle in any way, is punishable by a violation of 800 dirhams and four points Traffic ».
Abu Dhabi Police also confirmed that busyness outside the road is considered one of the most common traffic violations, which leads to severe road deaths and injuries in Abu Dhabi, in the light of statistics and analytical studies showing accidents and traffic violations.
She stressed that making a phone call, receiving a call, or sending a text message, while driving, distracts the driver, and causes serious accidents.
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Abu Dhabi Police urged pedestrians to pay attention and not to be busy on the phone while crossing the road to avoid being run over.
She called on drivers not to be busy without the road, and to avoid using the phone to surf the Internet and social media, make a call, take pictures, and other behaviors that may lead to accidents.