Abu Dhabi Police has recorded 111 violations against school bus drivers due to non-commitment to open a stop sign, in addition to the total number of school bus accidents, amounted to six accidents during the last year caused seven injuries between medium and light compared to nine incidents in 2017, resulting in 12 injuries.

In detail, the statistics of the Abu Dhabi Police, which came in a working paper presented during a conference on traffic safety in Abu Dhabi last week, showed that during the period (2014 to 2018), the total number of school bus accidents reached 33 accidents that resulted in two deaths and 64 injuries. The paper reviewed statistics on school transport, which indicated that the number of school buses amounted to 7705 buses, employed by 6407 drivers, 4900 supervisors and supervisors, and there are 386 operators of transport companies, and 633 public and private schools and nurseries with 405 thousand students. The head of the statistics and studies section at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, Major Abdullah Hamad Al Ghafli, said in a working paper titled “Security and Safety in School Transport Fleets”, that two violations were added to control the parking arm against the bus driver and the vehicles exceeding the parking arm in the list. He revealed that during the current year, 111 violations were recorded against school bus drivers because of non-compliance with the opening of the stop (stop) and instructions and traffic instructions, and a fine of 500 dirhams and six traffic points, while 3531 violations were recorded for motorists because of lack of Stop Praise watch signal (Stand) for the transfer of vehicles school students, and AED 1000 and A fine of 10 points.

Conditions for issuing a school bus driver permit

■ No operator may hire or hire a person to work as a school bus driver unless he or she has

A permit to practice a profession «school bus driver», and is required to issue the permit to meet the following conditions:

■ The driver must be at least 25 years old.

■ Have a driving license issued by the United Arab Emirates at least one year prior to submitting the application.

To submit a certificate of good conduct issued by the Abu Dhabi Police General Command to residents within the UAE or

The applicant must be from the State of origin from abroad, but not more than one month has passed since its issuance

Date of application and duly certified.

■ Be conversant in Arabic or English.

■ To finish the scheduled training for school bus drivers. (Emirates Driving Company)

■ Submit a copy of your passport, residence and Emirates ID card.

■ Submit a list of the violations recorded to the driver in the unified traffic system.

■ To submit a medical report every two years confirming that he is free from diseases.

Occupational medical examination

A school bus driver's permit is required to pass the examination

Medical in the (Abu Dhabi Health Services Company - SEHA) for the following diseases:

1. Disability.

2. Heart disease, diabetes and pressure.

3. Epilepsy and mental, neurological and psychological diseases.

4. Kidney and liver disease epidemiology.

5. Leprosy.

6. Diseases of vision and vision strength and hearing impairment.

7. Drug and alcohol addiction.

8. HIV deficiency.

7705

The number of school buses, staffed by 6407 drivers.