Students monitored the lack of commitment of many motorists to stand during the rise and disembarkation of their children from school buses, demanding to tighten traffic control procedures, and the installation of side cameras in buses to monitor the vehicles on the side of the road, which endanger the lives of students.
While the Abu Dhabi police stressed that they will not tolerate violators, and the penalty is applied to those who are not committed to a full stop when opening the stop sign of a fine of 1000 dirhams and 10 traffic points; For vehicle controls that exceed the “stop” signal on school buses.
The students demanded the importance of tightening the traffic control procedures on the roads of the State, regarding the lack of commitment of motorists to stop completely when the descent and boarding of students from school buses, in light of the accidents witnessed in previous years, and this endangers the lives of students.
Mahmoud Ali, Khalid Amara, and Nha Abdullah, stressed the importance of the response of motorists to awareness campaigns launched by the Ministry of Interior on the need to stand fully when opening the arm «stop», pointing out that failure to comply with these instructions endanger the lives of students. They pointed out that the lack of commitment to stand when the signal «stop», is more committed during the morning, because of the desire of some drivers to catch up with their work or get their children to schools early, and then skip school buses when they stop.
Abu Hazaa, Mariam Hassan, and others have suggested applying solutions such as requiring motorists to stand in the right place before opening the stop arm, allowing students to climb and disembark, especially that some internal roads are only two lanes in both directions, in addition to the suggestion of installing cameras. Sideways on school buses to monitor overtaking of vehicles for school buses.
Abu Dhabi Police stressed the importance of adhering to the full stop when opening the stop sign for the school bus, pointing out that non-compliant drivers will be violated and Article (91) will be fined 1000 dirhams and 10 traffic points. A fine of 500 dirhams and six points if they do not commit to open a “stop” sign when the students get off the bus.
3646 Violation of non-compliance of drivers
The number of violations of the failure of motorists to stop fully open the signal «stop» school buses in Abu Dhabi, 3646 violations during the academic year 2018-2019, compared to 126 violations of school bus drivers for not using the signal «stop» for the safety of students. The Abu Dhabi Police intensified awareness of safe transport and stop sign, within the campaign «traffic safety for students», the publication of awareness posters with the sign «stop» in several languages.