Abu Dhabi Police revealed that the number of violations exceeded the red signal in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the first half of this year, amounted to 4367 violations, while 52 accidents occurred on traffic signals, resulting in six deaths and 54 injuries between elongated and medium.
Abu Dhabi Police confirmed to Emirates Al-Youm that violations of the signal were detected through the cameras at the intersections, pointing out the reasons for the lack of attention of the drivers, the preoccupation of the road, and the speed of recognition of the green signal.
It also confirmed that it is continuing its efforts to assess the dangerous behavior of some drivers, alert them to the dangers of passing the signal, provide maximum traffic safety at the intersections, call attention to them and reduce the speed at the intersections so that they can control their vehicles and stop them when the signal changes.
She said she would not be negligent in applying the law and the violations stipulated in the rules and procedures of traffic control. The value of violation exceeds the red light for light vehicles 1000 dirhams fine, and 12 points of traffic, and the seizure of the vehicle 30 days, the value of the violation exceeded the red light of the trucks amounted to 3000 dirhams fine, and stop the license for a year, starting from the date of revocation of the license for heavy vehicles.
She explained that the violations monitored by the cameras at the intersections include the cutting of the red light signal, and the image of vehicles crossing the intersection at excessive speeds, whether crossing during the time of the green signal or other, and not adhere to the mandatory road, and parking on the lines of pedestrian crossing at intersections.
Abu Dhabi Police have identified three reasons why drivers have exceeded the red light signal: speeding up the intersections to catch the green signal, carelessness and distraction, calling on drivers to recognize the risk of this violation to their lives and the lives of other drivers, and abide by laws and traffic regulations.
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi recorded a remarkable improvement in the number of traffic fatalities and severe injuries during the past year, compared to 2017, a decrease in the number of deaths from traffic accidents from 199 to 149 deaths, and the number of severe injuries from 149 to 120 injuries.
The Abu Dhabi roads witnessed several incidents in light of the passing of drivers for the red light signal, the most prominent of which was the incident last year, where 32 people were injured in the category of "eloquent, medium and simple", following a collision between two buses, at the intersection Pepsi Cola outside in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi Police attributed the cause of the accident after the inspection to bypass the red light signal, and called on motorists to abide by safe driving, attention and speed, and abide by the laws and rules of traffic to avoid traffic accidents, in order to safeguard the safety of road users.
Abu Dhabi Police showed a video of a traffic accident that revealed a driver's insistence on crossing the red sign on his car in a street in Abu Dhabi. The car was completely smashed as a result of his negative behavior and caused a severe traffic accident.
The tragic scene in the context of the «Suspension» initiative, launched by the Department of Media Security in the leadership sector through its platforms on social networking sites, continued to spread the excesses of some drivers and their traffic violations.
The public criticized the driver's lack of commitment to the traffic laws and regulations, which led to an accident, causing a kind of imbalance and imbalance of traffic, and chaos, in addition to the resulting heavy losses.
Abu Dhabi Police stressed the need to pay attention and reduce the speed at the intersections, to enable the driver of the vehicle to better control the movement, and stop when the color of the signal, stressing intensified efforts to target drivers to enhance compliance with traffic safety at intersections.
Crossroads violations
Abu Dhabi Police said that the violations monitored by the surveillance cameras at the intersections include the cutting of the red light signal and the imaging of vehicles crossing the intersection at excessive speeds on the prescribed speed of the street, whether crossing during the time of the green signal or others, and not adhere to the mandatory road, Crossing lines at intersections, pointing out that the cameras control intersections perform several functions, including reading vehicle boards, and to identify the number of vehicles crossing the signal, and classification, and read the average speed of the street.