The Ministry of Interior reported that the percentage of deaths resulting from accidents of heavy transport vehicles in the country amounted to 14.3% of the deaths of accidents during the last year amounted to 468 deaths, and accidents accounted for 12.3% of the total number of accidents in the country, which amounted to 3712 accidents during the same period, noting that the number of vehicles Heavy vehicles in the country amounted to 328 thousand and 431 vehicles.

This came in a working paper entitled «Strategy of the Ministry of Interior to reduce heavy vehicle accidents», presented by Captain Amna Al-Saadi, and Lieutenant Abdullah Al-Mesmari, General Directorate of Traffic Coordination at the Ministry, during the second day of the International Conference on Traffic Safety on «Traffic Safety Management of fleets of vehicles Transport, organized by the Emirates Traffic Safety Association in collaboration with the International Road Safety Prevention Organization, the Arab Traffic Safety Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Road Federation, the Abu Dhabi Traffic Safety Committee and the European Transport Safety Union.

The paper recommended activating the Etihad train project linking the emirates to transport passengers and goods, limiting the number of working hours for drivers of heavy vehicles at an average of eight hours per day, approved by the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology, and disseminating the experience of the RTA in Dubai using maritime transport to transport passengers between the emirates. And the use of maritime transport in the transport of goods, especially rocks and stones.

It also recommended increasing the number of truck breaks to meet the comfort requirements of the driver, such as restaurants, mosques, toilets, short breaks, as well as the generalization of the experience of some major companies in terms of tracking the behavior of the driver in terms of vehicle speed, driver attention, stop, fatigue, fatigue and time spent. The paper stressed that the UAE has succeeded in the past years to achieve the highest levels of global traffic safety, and reduce the proportion of accidents and deaths resulting from them, and made progress towards the achievement of the national index set to reduce deaths to three per 100,000 population by 2021, and the UAE ranked According to the European Council for Safe Transport last year.

On the causes of heavy transport accidents, the paper identified: speeding, overtaking in a place where no overtaking, driving under the influence of intoxicating or anesthetic, sudden deviation, and lack of knowledge of roads.

She pointed out that the Ministry of Interior has set laws governing the granting of permits to drive heavy vehicles in accordance with Article (114) of the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law, provided that the driver has not been caught or convicted in the crime of driving under the influence of intoxicants, drugs or psychotropic substances, and mandatory medical examination Every year to verify the availability of health fitness, and must have a driving license of the same category, and not exceed the number of authorized passengers, and do not exceed the authorized load, as well as the obligations of drivers of vehicles dedicated to transporting passengers and heavy vehicles drivers to write the empty weight and weight of the load, and not to carry Vehicle In a way that poses a danger to the public, and to illuminate the bus from inside between sunset and sunrise.

The paper pointed out that the Traffic and Traffic Law identified a set of violations against truck drivers in accordance with Ministerial Decree No. 178 of 2017 on the rules and procedures of traffic control, a violation of driving a heavy vehicle in a way that puts his life or the lives, safety or security of others, and the violation of driving a heavy vehicle that would Damage to public or private facilities and their penalty is a fine of 3000 dirhams, and the suspension of the license for one year starting from the date of withdrawal of the license.

Violation of heavy vehicles exceeding the red light signal and a fine of AED 3000, suspension of the license for one year from the date of withdrawal of the license, violation of the failure of the heavy vehicle to comply with the compulsory traffic line and a penalty of fine of 1500, in addition to 12 points, and violation of driving a heavy vehicle that does not meet the requirements of security and safety AED 2000 and 6 points, and the failure of the school bus leader to open a stop sign and a penalty of 500 dirhams and a fine of 6 points, and exceeded the drivers of truck vehicles in a place where it is prohibited to exceed the penalty and a fine of 3000 dirhams and stop the license for a year from the date of withdrawal of the license.

The Chairman of the Statistics and Studies Department at Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Department, Major Abdullah Hamad Al Ghafli, presented a working paper titled “Security and Safety in School Transport Fleets”, in which he stressed that the lack of proper management, training and qualification systems for drivers of this effective means of transport may transform it or The risk of moving on the road may directly or indirectly cause serious traffic accidents that claim the lives of its users or other road users.

He pointed out that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has witnessed in recent years and is still witnessing an economic and urban renaissance accompanied by an increasing development in the length of road networks and the number of vehicles and high traffic volumes on the roads of the Emirate and the increase of traffic accidents and injuries, including school bus accidents. The performance of the school transport sector is operational, safe and secure.

Modern Transportation Engineering

The two-day International Conference on Traffic Safety discussed several axes, including improving the level of traffic safety for large fleets of passenger and cargo mass transport vehicles, through modern transport engineering methods and techniques used, and planning and programming the movement of fleets of passenger and cargo mass transport vehicles, to ensure traffic safety.

He reviewed the return on investment in traffic safety and its relationship with the management of public and commercial fleets, laws, regulations, instructions and regulations related to passenger and cargo transport fleets, capacity building and knowledge transfer in the management of passenger and cargo fleet safety systems, and the analysis of related data.

- The UAE has succeeded in the past years in achieving the highest levels of global traffic safety.

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